As a Landlord himself, Chris understands the importance of selecting the right tenant for a rental property. Much like finding a buyer for your home, we also offer services to assist you with finding the right tenant for your rental/investment property while striving to limit vacancy and increase your return on investment.
Our Landlord Leasing/Representation services include assistance from the day you realize you have a vacancy until the day we hand the new Tenant their keys. From determining the right rental price, properly marketing the property, scheduling viewings, tenant selection, and helping you to negotiate lease terms, we will be by your side the whole way to ensure an easy rental process to the perfect tenant.
Let us help you rent your property to the right Tenant using our Landlord representation services!
Our Residential Landlord Representation services include:
UNDERSTAND YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
Fully understanding your property and your investment objectives will ensure that we can assist you properly to price, market, and place the right tenant in your rental property.
PRICING:
The goal with most rental properties is to achieve the highest rental price while limiting vacancy. We take into consideration the current rental market, your property including upgrades and condition. We research neighborhood stats and information, recently rented listings, competing availability, and help you to determine the proper listing price.
ADVERTISE AND MARKET:
With Forward Real Estate, you’ll get much more than a sign that stands out on your front lawn.
Some of the advertising and marketing that we provide to all of our listings are:
Photo and Video: Professional Photography to showcase your home and all it has to offer ( Drone Imagery where appropriate )
MLS Service: Full MLS Service and Cooperation with Cooperating Brokerages
Online Advertising: Frequent posting and sharing online classified websites to ensure your listing is easily seen by tenants
URL: Unique property website and URL
SPREAD THE WORD: Just Listed Mailouts to your community
WEB: Internet and Social Media marketing catered to your unique property. We want to ensure that any possible tenant is made aware of your listing and has quick access to information.
TENANT INQUIRES
Handling inquiries and showing requests from prospective tenants and other sales representatives. We will also ensure that we report back to you regularly regarding inquires and showings on the space so that you are kept up to date with our progress.
TENANT SCREENING AND SELECTION
We will assist with Tenant of interested tenants to ensure you protect your asset by renting to the right person. Tenant selection will ultimately be your decision – but we will help make the decision easy!
LEASE AGREEMENTS
Our service includes assisting with making the decision to rent to someone formal by Assistance drafting Lease Documents and Collecting First and Last month rent deposits.
OTHER DETAILS
We take things a step further by helping to ensure that the chosen tenant sets up their utility accounts and provides proof of Tenant’s insurance prior to their move in.
KEYS
Our mission to provide an effortless experience to our clients. This includes assistance with move-in key handover on the move-in day!
CONNECTED
With years of experience in the industry, we have build up relationships with third party service providers and specialists such as Lawyers , Contractors, Cleaners, Accountants, and other specialists who help to ensure your transaction is handled professionally from start to finish.
WORK WITH A LICENSED REALTOR AND MEMBER OF OREA
Most real estate professionals in our province are member of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) and only members of OREA can call themselves REALTORS®
When you work with a REALTOR®, you can expect not only strict adherence to provincial laws, but also adherence to a Code of Ethics. And that code is very important to you because it assures you will receive the highest level of service, honesty and integrity.
WORK WITH AN AWARD WINNING AGENT
I am proud to be a consequent award winner with Royal LePage, most recently winning the Emerald and Diamond Award, representing the top 3% of realtors in Ottawa.