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What we do, what we do not do, and what happens after you get in touch.
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About our service
We are a real estate brokerage registered with the Real Estate Council of Ontario, and we represent people on both sides of the property market. That means taking a clear brief from a property manager, tenant, seller or buyer, working out what they genuinely need, and then acting for them: listing and marketing a property, or running the search and arranging the viewings, advising on price and positioning, and preparing, presenting and negotiating the offer. We stay with the file from the first conversation through to closing.
Yes. That is the work. We prepare the listing or the search, advise you on price and terms, present and negotiate the offer, then manage the conditions, the deposit and the paperwork through to closing. Your lawyer, your lender and your inspector each do their own part, and we co-ordinate with them so nothing is dropped. How we are paid is set out in the representation agreement before any of it begins.
Working with us
It begins with a consultation, normally a call or a meeting of about thirty minutes. We ask what you are trying to achieve, what your timing looks like and what a good outcome would mean for you. If we can help, we write that up as a short brief and put a written representation agreement in front of you, with the services, the term and our remuneration all stated, before any work starts.
We are straightforward about it. Avenue Business Consultancy was registered recently and is building its client base across Ontario now, so we have no long history to point to. What we do have is small numbers, direct access to the person acting for you rather than a call centre, and a real interest in getting each early file right. If we are not the right brokerage for you, we will tell you at the consultation rather than take the work.
For property managers
Most of our property manager work is exactly that size. We review how a unit or a small portfolio is being presented, clarify the kind of occupant you are hoping to attract, then list and market the unit, screen the applicants and negotiate the lease on your behalf. You also get an honest view of what tends to draw serious enquiries in your community and what tends to cost you evenings.
We do the screening. We take the application, verify employment and income, follow up references and obtain a credit report where the applicant has consented, then bring you the applications with our read on each one. The decision on who moves in is yours, made within the rules of the Human Rights Code, and once you have chosen we prepare and negotiate the lease and see it signed.
For tenants
We act for you. We sit down with you and turn what you need into a short written brief: the communities you are considering, bedrooms, a budget you are genuinely comfortable with, your move-in date and the details that decide it, such as parking, laundry or a pet. Then we search, book the viewings and go with you, and when a place is right we prepare the offer to lease and negotiate it with the landlord or the brokerage acting for them.
The first consultation is free. On most residential leases our remuneration comes from the listing brokerage rather than from you, and where a particular arrangement works differently we tell you the amount in writing in the representation agreement before we begin. Nothing about how we are paid is left for you to find out later, and we are never paid out of your rent.
For sellers
We list it and we act for you throughout. We advise on price and on how the property should be presented, prepare the marketing, handle the enquiries and the showings, then present every offer and negotiate it with you, explaining what each one really means beyond the number. From an accepted offer we carry the file through the conditions to closing, working alongside the lawyer you appoint.
Yes. We prepare a comparative market analysis: what comparable homes in your community have sold for recently, what is on the market against you and how presentation and timing are likely to affect the result. That gives you a realistic range and a recommended asking price, and the decision on the number is still yours. Where a lender or a court needs a formal appraisal, that is the work of a qualified appraiser and we can point you to one.
For buyers
We start with a consultation about the Ontario communities you are considering, the kind of home you want, your budget and your timeline. From that we build a short, realistic shortlist and explain why each option is on it, then book the showings and go with you. When something holds your interest we prepare the offer, negotiate it on your behalf and manage the conditions and the paperwork through to closing.
Yes. Negotiating for you is a large part of what we do. We show you what the comparable sales support, recommend an opening number and a limit before the conversation starts, then carry the negotiation with the other side and report back after every exchange. You are prepared for each round and you keep the final word on price and on terms.
Fees
On a sale or a lease we are paid a commission, agreed with you and written into the listing or representation agreement before we begin, so you know the figure and what it covers from the start. Where a piece of work sits outside a transaction, we quote a fixed fee or an hourly rate instead. You see the scope and the timeline in writing either way, and we do not carry out work you have not approved.
Yes, and it carries no obligation. It exists so both of us can decide whether there is sensible work here at all. If there is, you will have a written agreement to read in your own time before anything is signed. If there is not, you will still leave with our honest view of what to do next.
Privacy
Only the people at Avenue Business Consultancy working on your file. A transaction moves some information further, to the brokerage on the other side, to your lawyer or to a lender, and we tell you in advance what will be shared and why. What you tell us in confidence, such as the most you are prepared to pay or your reason for moving, stays with us unless you instruct us otherwise. Your details are never sold and never added to a marketing list without your consent.
Yes. Write to us and we will remove your personal information from our records, apart from anything we are required to keep under Ontario's real estate legislation or for tax and business record purposes. You can also ask us to end an agreement, subject to its terms, or to stop contacting you at any point, and we will confirm in writing once it is done.
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you are working towards and we will come back within one business day with an honest view of whether we can help. The first consultation costs nothing and carries no obligation.