Ontario Landlord Self-Help Centre
The complete free knowledge base for Ontario landlords — around 100 step-by-step guides covering LTB hearings, the N4 through N13 notices, rent increases, screening, rent reporting and more, plus a full Ontario Law Library, free forms and video guides. The same trusted knowledge base that powers LandlordEzy, published openly by OLH Property Management.
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Free Resource Hubs for Ontario Landlords
Eight dedicated hubs cover every area of Ontario landlord self-help — from filling out an N4 for non-payment of rent, to reading the exact statute text, to watching your LTB Zoom hearing.
Free Document Downloads
Every Ontario landlord form in one place — screening checklists, the Ontario Standard Lease, inspection forms, rent receipts and notice templates. Free with email signup.
Browse downloads →LTB Form Guides
Step-by-step guides for the common LTB forms — N4 non-payment, N12 landlord/purchaser use, N13 renovation, and rent-increase notices N1, N2 and N3.
View form guides →N4 Non-Payment Notice
The most important form Ontario landlords use every month. Walkthroughs, monthly demonstration videos, approved service methods and termination timing.
Open the N4 guide →Video Guides & Legal Help
140+ expert landlord videos on tenant screening, N4 notices, LTB hearings, rent arrears, eviction strategy and Bill 60 — by Paul J. Rouillard.
Watch the videos →Ontario Law Library
The Residential Tenancies Act and its regulations as deep-linkable section pages — verbatim statute text with plain-English summaries and the related LTB forms.
Open the Law Library →Bill 60 Updates
The complete landlord guide to Bill 60 amendments to the RTA — eviction timelines, N4 and N12 changes, LTB reforms, and what to prepare for.
Read the Bill 60 breakdown →LTB Hearing Zoom Links
How Ontario LTB virtual hearings work, how to join as an observer, and where to find the current monthly hearing schedule and Zoom rooms — updated monthly.
Get hearing links →Tenant Screening Questions
The exact questions to ask prospective tenants in Ontario — screening scripts, red flags to catch early, and the free professional screening checklist.
Read the screening guide →Browse Every Guide by Topic
Around 100 plain-English guides organised into 15 topic areas — the entire tenancy life cycle, from your first property to an LTB filing.
Getting started 2 guides
Set up your account and your first property.
Property management company 9 guides
Everything beyond the landlord workspace: owners, co-ownership, owner accounting, statements, bills, the owner portal and lead capture.
What your PM-company account adds
Beyond the landlord workspace, your account unlocks an owner layer: owners, owner accounting, statements, owner-billable bills, th...
Add and manage owners
Create a record for each owner you manage for — a person or a company — with their contact details and default management fee.
Assign owners to properties (co-ownership)
Link each property to one or more owners and set each owner’s ownership percentage and any per-property fee override.
Import your portfolio from Buildium (or CSV)
Bring owners, properties and your rent roll over from Buildium (or any system) with a guided CSV import that auto-maps the columns...
Bills & Expenses (bill owners, track your profit)
Create invoice-style bills against a property, add your management-fee markup as private profit, and post them to the owner’...
Owner accounting: the ledger
Every owner has a running ledger of rent collected, expenses, management fees and distributions. (Paid PM plan.)
Generate owner statements
Produce a monthly statement for each owner — opening and closing balance and every entry — as a branded PDF you can email or share...
Invite owners to their portal
Give each owner a secure, read-only login that shows only what you choose — statements, activity, documents, inspections and messa...
Capture leads (Lead Widget & pipeline)
Embed a callback form on your own website and manage prospective owners and tenants through a sales pipeline.
Tenants & leases 6 guides
Add tenants and create e-signable leases.
Add a tenant
Add the people renting from you so you can screen them, sign a lease and track rent.
Create and e-sign a lease
Build a digital Ontario Standard Lease tied to a unit and tenant — signed online, no printing.
Adding co-signers / joint tenants
Put more than one adult on a lease so everyone is jointly responsible.
Invite your tenant to the platform
Give your tenant their own secure login so they can see their rent history, download receipts and build a rental reputation.
Recommend a good tenant
Vouch for a tenant you have rented to — an attributed recommendation that strengthens their reference for other landlords.
Archive a past tenant (and find them later)
Move a former tenant out of your active list without losing anything — their lease, rent history and receipts are kept and can be...
Screening & applications 4 guides
Pre-screen, run Equifax checks and review applicants.
Pre-screen applicants
Collect a pre-screening profile from applicants before paying for a full credit check.
Run an Equifax credit & background check
Pull a full Equifax report on an applicant before you hand over the keys.
The screening hub: build a complete applicant picture
One place to request ID, income, references, a credit check and an affordability read — then review it all on a single report.
Request & review applicant documents
Ask an applicant for pay stubs, ID or a bank statement, then review them — and let AI summarise income for you.
Rent & reporting 4 guides
Track rent, set reminders, report to Equifax.
Track rent in the ledger
Record each month's rent as paid, partial or unpaid for an accurate balance.
Automate rent reminders & late alerts
Stop chasing rent by hand — LandlordEzy emails tenants on schedule.
Report rent to Equifax
Reporting on-time rent to Equifax is your strongest incentive — good tenants build credit.
Get alerted the moment a tenant falls behind
When rent is missed, LandlordEzy emails YOU early so you can serve an N4 the same day — on by default.
Property operations 7 guides
Maintenance, inspections, fire safety, expenses & documents.
Track maintenance requests
Log repairs with photos and notes; tenants can submit requests too.
Routine inspections
Document unit condition over time with photos and notes.
Move-in inspections (protect your deposit)
Document the unit's condition with photos at move-in — your best protection in a dispute.
Store your documents
Keep leases, IDs, insurance and records in one secure, organized place.
Track expenses & scan receipts with AI
Snap a photo of a receipt, let AI fill in the details, file it to a property, and export a year-end report for your accountant.
Delete a property or unit
Remove a property or unit you no longer manage — with a confirmation prompt so nothing goes by accident.
Fire safety inspections (Ontario Fire Code)
Run and record the annual fire-safety check every Ontario landlord must do — smoke alarms, CO alarms, exits and extinguishers — wi...
Find tenants (EzyRent) 2 guides
Advertise vacancies and book showings.
Automation & notices 3 guides
Hands-off reminders, automated N1 rent increases and one-click N4s.
The automation hub: let LandlordEzy do the chasing
A single page that shows every hands-off feature — rent reminders, late alerts, rent increases and more — and lets you switch them...
Raise the rent automatically with an N1
LandlordEzy fills the official LTB N1, applies the guideline and earliest legal date, lets you e-sign and serve it, then updates y...
Generate & serve an N4 in one click
When a tenant falls behind, build the official N4 non-payment notice from your ledger, e-sign it and serve the tenant — no paraleg...
LTB orders & research 2 guides
Save orders, auto-fill from a PDF and search 45,000+ past cases.
Reference Network 2 guides
Verify, register and check tenants in the LRN.
Done-for-you services 2 guides
Tenant placement on the MLS® and the eviction Legal Guarantee.
AI assistant & community 3 guides
Ask Ezy, the LandlordTalk forum and getting help.
Ask Ezy — your AI landlord assistant
Ask any Ontario landlord-or-tenant question in plain English and get an instant, sourced answer.
LandlordTalk — the community forum
A free, moderated Ontario landlord forum to ask questions, share experiences and get paralegal-flagged answers.
Using the Learning Center
How to find a guide, mark what you've learned, and onboard yourself or your team on every LandlordEzy system.
Account, team & billing 5 guides
Sub-users & permissions, your plan, transactions and settings.
Add team members (roles & permissions)
Invite staff, a co-owner or an accountant and control exactly which modules each can see.
Your plan, upgrades & what's included
See your current membership, compare tiers and understand which features are free vs paid.
Transactions & receipts
Review everything you've paid for and download receipts.
Profile & notification settings
Update your details, manage email/SMS preferences and change your password.
Message with in-app chat
Talk to your tenant (or landlord) inside LandlordEzy and keep a tidy, timestamped record.
For tenants 9 guides
Everything you can do with your tenant account.
Your rental reputation (for tenants)
A verifiable, portable "good tenant" reference built from your on-time rent record and recommendations from your landlords.
Welcome — your tenant account
What you can do as a tenant on LandlordEzy: sign your lease, see your rent, build a reputation and more.
Complete a pre-screening / application
Fill out a reusable screening profile once and share it with landlords to apply faster.
Your credit check & consent
How a landlord's credit check works, what you consent to, and how to view your report.
Sign your lease online
E-sign your Ontario Standard Lease from any device, add renter's insurance and keep a copy.
See your rent history & receipts
Track what you've paid, download receipts, and keep records from past tenancies.
Review & dispute a move-in inspection
Check the move-in photos your landlord recorded and flag anything that's wrong — your protection at move-out.
Report a maintenance issue
Submit a repair request with photos so nothing gets lost in texts.
Message your landlord
Use in-app chat to reach your landlord and keep a record of what was agreed.
Ontario legal & the LTB 10 guides
Notices, hearings, rent increases and your obligations.
The LTB & notices: an overviewLegal
How Ontario's notice forms (N-series) and the Landlord and Tenant Board fit together.
Serving an N4 (non-payment of rent)Legal
The notice you use when a tenant hasn't paid the rent that's due.
N5 (damage, interference, overcrowding)Legal
For damage, disturbing others, or too many occupants — usually with a chance to fix it.
N8 (persistently late rent)Legal
For a tenant who keeps paying late, even if they're currently caught up.
N12 (you, a buyer, or family need the unit)Legal
For when the owner, a purchaser, or a close family member will move in.
N13 (demolition, conversion, major repairs)Legal
For ending a tenancy to demolish, convert, or do repairs needing a vacant unit.
Rent increases & the guidelineLegal
How much and how often you can raise the rent in Ontario — and how to do it automatically.
Deposits & last month's rentLegal
What you can collect — and what you can't — in Ontario.
Ending a tenancy the right wayLegal
A safe, step-by-step path from notice to (if needed) an LTB order.
Your obligations as a landlordLegal
The basics of what Ontario law requires of you.
The Ontario Law Library
Read the Residential Tenancies Act, its regulations, the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and the Human Rights Code as clean, deep-linkable section pages — verbatim statute text with a plain-English summary and links to the matching LTB forms for the high-traffic sections.
- Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — every section
- O. Reg. 516/06 — the General regulation
- O. Reg. 517/06 — maintenance standards
- Statutory Powers Procedure Act — LTB hearing procedure
- Human Rights Code — lawful, non-discriminatory screening
- Plain-English summaries on high-traffic sections
Free Ontario Landlord Email Updates
Monthly updates on Ontario landlord law: Bill 60 changes, new N4 walkthroughs, current LTB hearing links, tenant screening tips and practical advice. No spam — just what Ontario landlords actually need.
Get Free Ontario Landlord Updates
Monthly N4 demonstrations, Bill 60 alerts, and new guides — free.
Self-Help Centre — Frequently Asked Questions
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