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For renters

Renting a home, with confidence

Know your rights, read the lease properly, and understand when renting starts to turn into buying.

Renter focused guides are being written now. Here is the plan, plus one tool you can use today if you are weighing renting against buying.
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Before you sign

Finding the right place, and reading the lease properly.

What to check before you rent, and your leaseDeposits, the standard lease, and the pet and guest clauses that are not enforceable. Guide
02

Your rights

Knowing the rules that protect you as a tenant in Ontario.

Tenant rights in Ontario, and the LTBYour rights, the board that enforces them, and the notices that actually count. Guide Rent increases, and what is allowedThe 2026 guideline, the 90 day notice, and the post 2018 exemption. Guide
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Thinking ahead

When renting starts to turn into buying, run the numbers first.

Affordability calculatorIf buying is on your mind, see the home price you could realistically afford. Calculator Rent vs buy calculatorThe honest comparison, with the break-even year. Willing to say keep renting. Calculator

Prefer to browse everything?

Every free tool and guide in one place, any time.

Browse all calculatorsEvery free calculator, buyer and seller. Browse all guidesEvery plain language guide, free to read.
Jay Patel, REALTOR® serving the Greater Toronto Area
Jay Patel
REALTOR® · Greater Toronto Area

Wherever you are in the process, I am happy to help you read the numbers and think it through.

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