What's been your biggest challenge as a landlord in Ontario this year?

[Oren Turk]

Hey everyone,

I run a Toronto-based property management company, overseeing 500+ doors, and spend most of my days in the trenches with landlords and tenants. Over the past year, I’ve noticed some consistent pain points that keep coming up:

• Rent control & LTB delays are making it harder to stay cash-flow positive.

• Increasing operating costs (insurance, utilities, maintenance).

• Tenant screening challenges in a competitive rental market.

I’m curious — for those of you self-managing, what’s been your biggest challenge this year? Have you found any strategies that are working well for you?

Always happy to share what’s been effective for us across our portfolio, but I’d love to hear how others are navigating this.