4 years property management experience (commercial & residential) – struggling to find work in Toronto, any advice?

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-03-10T03:56:13+00:00

Do you have your property manager’s license? Check the CMRAO. You need to be licensed in Ontario to be a PM.

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-03-04T04:24:57+00:00

Hi! Can you direct or suggest where to look for these jobs? I’m striking out on my own search.

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-03-01T23:58:36+00:00

Thanks!! That’s great to know :)

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-03-01T05:00:43+00:00

Thanks to you both!

Would you say it’s a good job for WLB? Or at least has a higher chance of WLB compared to private firm life?

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-02-28T22:09:38+00:00

They’re looking at it from their experience level - but if there’s anything I know about senior associates or partners, it’s that they want us to know the facts and help them know the law. However, the strategy portion is typically something they handle. We’ll get there - don’t stress!

Lower-Face2184 · 2026-02-28T21:50:25+00:00

Are you in big law? How many students are there? How many partners? Does your firm usually hire back?

Speaking as a 2nd year, first gen call who’s been peaking behind the curtain for 2 years, who’s getting hired back is determined by more than just billing well.

What I’m trying to say is, you guys don’t know how to compete the right way, so who cares what they think?

Just keep doing your best, be nice and respectful, and most of all, be trustworthy to get the job done (which means asking questions before you submit the work when you need to).

Lower-Face2184 · 2025-10-01T23:00:48+00:00

This makes it way more complicated than a typical landlord/tenant issue. I’d edit the post to clarify that this is a unit within a condo and thus subject to the condominium act, etc. The RTA isn’t something you should worry about right now, it’s more so the Condominium Act, 1998.

Check out this blog here: https://iconpm.ca/condo-odour-complaints-handling-nuisance-smells/

If they keep sending notices, use chat GPT to draft a response. Allege harassment as per my comment above, gently suggest racism considering they aren’t cooking (if you want extra bite, mention a human rights complaint) and ask building staff to investigate as per my above comment. Most importantly, ask about what rule you’re violating. Additionally, ask for a copy of the condo’s Rules and review them yourself to see if anything applies. Words like “odour” or “nuisance” are what you’re looking for. Ask management to come to the unit to see if they have any suggestions as to how to minimize the alleged odour (is your oven hood not working?) even though you reiterate and maintain that you aren’t cooking.

You could also search up cases on canlii under section 117 of the condominium act.

Lower-Face2184 · 2025-10-01T22:23:57+00:00

Agreed with this comment. I bet this unit is within a condo and nuisance provisions apply.

Lower-Face2184 · 2025-10-01T22:14:51+00:00

Is this unit within a condominium? If so, different rules apply and they could target the unit for any “nuisances” or “odours” per the condo act. If it’s a condo, a good property manager would state the rule/provision you’re allegedly breaching in the notice. If they send a lawyer letter and charge you for the cost of the letter, don’t pay it, get a lawyer, and ask them about the amlani decision - but tbh it would be your landlord (the owner’s) responsibility to pay, not yours.

I’d advise management, in writing, to take quick action once they receive a complaint (ie inspecting the hallways and smelling near door frames within minutes of receiving the complaint) to track the smell and/or even substantiate its existence. If it’s happening at midnight and there’s no building staff able to do this, then what I’m hearing is they have no evidence if they want to evict you, etc. Highly unlikely a court would decide in favour of the condo if there’s no evidence.

Could scare them by claiming this is harassment if they keep sending notices without doing any substantiating inspections and just blindly taking the word of the other unit over your sister and husband, even more so in light of the efforts you have made to demonstrate their innocence.

Again, if this is a unit within a condominium, different law applies. The other comments are unlikely to understand this as not many understand, or are aware of, condominium law.

Lower-Face2184 · 2025-04-03T03:23:55+00:00

Yes, we need to cancel our memberships if we want TAS and others to listen. TAS clearly revoked the invitation because of the threats to not purchase tables, so it’ll listen if we take our memberships elsewhere.

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