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Compare property-management quotes for your Canadian rental
A monthly percentage or flat fee is only the starting point. Compare the work included, tenant-change charges and the responsibilities that remain with you. If you live abroad, confirm who will provide records and handle each agreed rental-tax task.
Use this guide to organize written quotes and questions. It does not recommend a manager, calculate tax, or offer property-management services.
Start a blank comparisonAsk each provider the same questions
Request a written fee schedule and a sample owner statement. Confirm these points in the agreement:
- Is the recurring fee based on rent collected, rent charged, a flat amount or another basis? Is there a minimum or a tiered rate?
- Which months are billable? What happens during vacancy or unpaid rent?
- Is tenant placement separate? What triggers a placement or renewal charge?
- Are inspections, advertising, setup, maintenance coordination or project oversight extra? Which third-party costs remain payable?
- Are sales taxes included or additional? Is there an administration charge on supplier invoices?
- What records and response arrangements are included for an owner who is away?
- Who handles each agreed rental-tax task, and which tasks are excluded?
- What are the contract term, cancellation charges and handover arrangements?
Compare an ordinary year and a tenant-change year
Use the same property, currency, period and service assumptions in both columns. Enter a leasing or renewal charge only when its contractual trigger occurs in your scenario. Compare an ordinary year separately; do not automatically add both charges every year.
Unknown is not zero. Keep actual repairs, rent, deposits and money held for others separate from management fees. A lower known-fee subtotal does not establish better service or a complete budget.
The optional fictional example uses CAD 30,000 collected rent and 12 billed months. Its tenant-change subtotals are $5,050 and $3,950; recurring charges alone are $2,400 and $2,700. Sales taxes remain unknown. These are arithmetic examples, not market rates or all-in prices.
Put responsibilities in writing
For each task, record the responsible party, evidence or report, agreed timing and unresolved question. A manager, owner and tax adviser may have different roles; a job title alone does not confirm what is included.
Organize existing receipts and statements with the free rental-records organizer, or prepare the moving-abroad rental handoff. You can use both independently.
Discuss Canadian rental-tax next steps
If you want support, tell us what you need. Service scope, responsibilities and terms must be confirmed separately.
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