The Smart Lease
A MoveSmart Rentals podcast
Podcast
Conversations from the leasing desk. Pricing, screening, lease-ups, and operations — with the MoveSmart Rentals team and guests from across the Canadian and US rental market.
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Latest episode
Episode 12with Founder, MoveSmart Rentals
A long conversation on why owners do not need warmth alone — they need proof the work was done. We unpack the leasing-phase gap and the seven deliverables every owner-file ships with.
with Daniel Mercer, Institutional Lease-Up Lead
The week-by-week story of a 180-unit purpose-built rental in Toronto: pricing waterfalls, marketing budget allocation, and the absorption curve that decided everything.
with Simran Patel, Tenant Qualification Analyst
How a former Schedule-I credit analyst built the firm’s underwriting rubric — and why your screening process should look more like an institutional lender than a brokerage.
with Ravi Thakur, Pricing & Market Analyst
Where guesswork ends and comparables start. We walk through MoveSmart’s live pricing model and the difference it makes on time-to-lease.
with Mei Bennett, Move-In Coordinator
The last mile of every placement. Keys, utilities, insurance, walkthrough — why the move-in checklist matters more than people think, and what to put on it.
A founder conversation on the structural reasons MoveSmart stayed in the leasing window — and what that focus unlocks for owners who hire a separate property manager.
Hosts
Kevin Liu
Director of Operations
Twenty-five-plus years in operations leadership across customer service, sales, and back-office. Joined MoveSmart from Embark Student Corp.
Daniel Mercer
Institutional Lease-Up Lead
Twelve-year GTA leasing veteran. Has placed 1,400+ tenants and runs the firm’s new-build absorption work.
Ravi Thakur
Pricing & Market Analyst
Built the firm’s live pricing model. Four years in real-estate analytics at a Toronto investment fund before MoveSmart.
Be on the show
We are always looking for guests who have shipped real work in the rental space — operators, founders, analysts, lawyers, contractors. If you have a sharp point of view, we want to hear it.
