Services
Leasing Services · Full Engagement
Every step of the lease, handled
Leasing Services is the MoveSmart umbrella engagement, nine integrated workstreams that take your unit from empty to signed, paid, and occupied. One full-service team, one success fee, one source of truth in your portal.
Lease-up ready
The Problem
What goes wrong when leasing is split across five vendors
Handoffs drop the ball
A photographer, a listing agent, a screening tool, a lease lawyer, and a locksmith each own one slice - and the owner ends up playing project manager between them.
No single accountability line
When the unit sits vacant, nobody is responsible. When the screen is weak, nobody is responsible. When the lease has a hole, nobody is responsible.
Costs pile up before anyone signs
Photo fees, listing fees, screening fees, and legal fees all hit before the first rent cheque. Owners often spend $1,500-$2,500 on a unit that has not earned a dollar yet.
Owners lose visibility
Email threads fragment, spreadsheets go stale, and the owner has no auditable record of who showed up, who applied, and why a tenant was chosen.
The cost of fragmentation
The MoveSmart engagement
What we run
How MoveSmart delivers leasing services
One engagement covers strategic pricing, professional marketing, coordinated showings, offer management, structured qualification, rent protection options, lease execution, move-in coordination, and an institutional pathway for portfolio owners. Every step is logged in one portal with one point of accountability.
Strategic pricing
Market-rent analysis, asking-rent recommendation, and a launch-week pricing strategy keyed to comps and seasonality.
Marketing & listing production
Photography, virtual tours, floor plans, editorial copy, and same-day syndication to MLS, Realtor.ca, and the major rental platforms.
Showings
Licensed representatives host showings seven days a week. Every attendee is logged; inquiries are answered within one business hour.
Offer management
Structured offer ingestion, counter-offer workflow, and an auditable decision trail in the portal.
Qualification
Credit, income, employment, reference, and risk checks run on a consistent rubric for every applicant.
Rent protection (partner)
Access to partner-underwritten rent guarantee policies for owners who want income continuity if a tenant defaults.
Lease execution & move-in
Province-compliant lease, riders, deposits, e-signature, key handover, and move-in inspection - closed out before day one.
How it works
The six-stage engagement
Each stage is logged in your owner portal — timestamps, decisions, and the team member who ran it.
Owner onboarding
Discovery call, walkthrough, engagement agreement signed. Account opened in the portal.
Pricing & prep
Market rent set, prep punch-list agreed, photography produced.
Listing launch
Syndicated listings go live across every major channel on day one.
Showings & applications
Showings hosted, applications collected, every applicant screened.
Offer, approval & lease
Owner approves, lease is signed, deposits and first-month rent collected.
Move-in & close-out
Keys handed over, move-in inspection filed, tenant onboarded, success fee invoiced.
Who it’s for
Built for every owner profile
Individual landlords
Owners who want one firm to run the full lease - no more stitching together a photographer, an agent, and a lease template.
Portfolio owners & PMCs
Owners managing multiple doors who want consistent placement quality and a single portal across every unit.
Institutional & new-build operators
Builders and developers who need structured, repeatable leasing across a portfolio or a new-build release.
From a single door to a full portfolio
Pricing
Zero upfront. One success fee on placement - all nine workstreams included.
Photo fees, listing fees, screening fees, and legal fees are all included in the engagement — never billed separately for the core scope.
Full fee scheduleRelated services
Engage one piece, or the whole package
- Tenant PlacementFrom the first listing photo to the move-in inspection, MoveSmart runs the entire placement workflow for your unit.
- Rental PreparationRental Preparation is the one-time, pre-listing workstream that gets a unit ready to be photographed, marketed, and shown at top market rent.
- Portal & TechnologyThe MoveSmart portal gives owners real-time visibility into every step of the lease.
Frequently Asked
Questions about Leasing Services
The MoveSmart promise
“One full-service team, one timeline, one success fee — from empty unit to signed, paid, and occupied.”
Serving Ontario · Built for Canadian landlords
Ready when you are
Hand the lease to a team that owns the outcome
List your property to start the engagement. No upfront cost, no obligation — we don’t earn until your lease is signed and your tenant is moved in.