The Kickass Tenant Vetting Guide

For Ontario landlords

The KickassTenant VettingGuide

A practical, step-by-step tenant screening guide — nine steps, a master checklist, and the Ontario rules you need to know.

Screen smarter. Rent confidently.

As heard on the podcast

13 months without rent

Rose Marie, President of Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario (SOLO), joins Erwin Szeto on The Truth About Financial Independence for Canadians to talk tenant screening, the Landlord and Tenant Board and rent arrears — and how to protect yourself before you hand over the keys.

Screen smarter

Choosing a tenant is the biggest decision a landlord makes — and the hardest to undo.

The Kickass Tenant Vetting Guide is a practical, step-by-step guide for landlords: what to ask for, what to check, and how to decide with confidence before you hand over the keys.

The guide

Inside the guide

Your tenant screening checklist

Credit history

What a credit report tells you, and what to look for.

Income verification

Confirming an applicant can carry the rent.

Rental history

Learning from how they treated their last home.

Reference check

Questions that get honest answers.

Everything you need to screen a tenant

Let me protect you from losing thousands of dollars in rent arrears because you didn't know what to do or aren't aware of the multiple resources that will help you protect your investment.

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How it works

Yours in minutes

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The PDF arrives within a minute — attached, with a backup download link.

3

Screen with confidence

Follow the nine steps and the checklist for your next applicant.

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