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Don’t assume the mixed-use insurance will be easier just because less maintenance falls directly to you. Ask for quotations based on the actual residential and commercial uses, occupancy and ownership arrangement. Compare exclusions and deductibles, not only the annual premium.

Financing can distort the picture too. A property may attract interest but still take longer if buyers in that price range need more time to firm up funding. For your decision, I’d distinguish “more listings” from “more feasible listings”: accessibility, condition, monthly carrying costs and...

Recent completed sales are the missing piece for me. Match unit count, building form, condition and location as closely as possible, then note the original ask, final ask and sale price. The C$1,064,000–C$1,596,000 range is wide enough that averages could conceal several distinct submarkets.

The most promising integration is usually listing import into the buyer record, with selected details then feeding the viewing schedule. It removes work only if updates preserve notes, responsibilities and history rather than overwriting them. For flood risk, I would reject a separate dashboard...

That may be the weakness in my notes. I grouped by price first, so the sample crosses neighbourhood boundaries and doesn’t consistently distinguish fitted units from those needing work. I’ll split it into smaller location groups and record service charges separately. Would you give more weight...

I’m tracking Toronto listings between C$345,600 and C$518,400, mostly retail units. The typical listing in my sample has now been visible for 28 days, but they are not moving together at all: some disappear quickly while others sit. My working theory is that service charges explain much of the...

The gross calculation works: C$8,589 a month is C$103,068 annually, or about 8.4% of C$1,228,000. I’d focus first on property tax and a real insurance quote, then clarify who pays heating, snow removal and other exterior upkeep. On a detached home, those items can turn a neat spreadsheet into...

Selectivity is a plausible explanation, especially if buyers are discounting renovation risk, but 18 days alone doesn’t establish a trend. How many completed sales are behind that figure, and are they all comparable small multifamily properties? January volume can be thin enough for a few...

Agreed on not using the market figure as leverage, but I also wouldn’t over-explain every ownership cost; tenants may reasonably see those as the landlord’s responsibility. A cleaner conversation is: give the compliant notice, state the proposed rent clearly, and leave room for discussion...

Could buyer financing be filtered at all? In this price band, two otherwise similar units might attract different buyers depending on condition and anticipated work. A long financing condition or a failed transaction could inflate marketing time without showing up clearly in the headline figures.

Price per square foot is useful as a final reasonableness test, not the main calculation here. A 1-bed townhouse bundles land or common-element interests, entrances, stairs, exposure and amenities into the price. Dividing by 910 can hide rather than explain those differences.

A practical comparison sheet could have identical rows for every market: rent, vacancy allowance, management, routine maintenance reserve, larger-item reserve, insurance, property tax, tenant-turnover costs and financing. Add a separate exit scenario with selling time and carrying costs. Then...

I disagree slightly with excluding management just because you can self-manage. That makes the property’s return depend on free labour. Include a market-based management allowance when comparing properties, then separately note the cash you could retain by doing the work yourself. Otherwise...

Getting this wrong could mean either an expensive turnover or years of allowing the rent gap to grow. The first outcome is immediate and difficult to reverse, but the second should not be dismissed merely because the tenant is dependable. The C$9,302 listings still need to be tested against...