List rental property on MLS® and realtor.ca, from $69.99

How to list a rental property on MLS® in 4 steps

Listing a rental on the MLS® System takes four steps, all from your account: choose a plan, give us the rental details and photos, sign, and we enter it on the board. Once your ID, proof of ownership and signature are in, we enter it and email you the MLS® number when it's live; then tenants' agents start calling.

1. Choose a plan and pay. It takes a few minutes online, and your account is created for you. Plans start at $69.99 a month, or $99.99 for 2 months, and the monthly plan can be cancelled any time.
2. Add the rental details, photos and your ID, then sign. A guided form asks what the MLS® System needs for a lease: the rent, what's included (utilities, parking, laundry), when it's available and which part of the property you're renting. You upload up to 40 photos and sign the listing agreement online.
3. We enter your rental on the MLS® System. It's sent on to realtor.ca, and we email you your MLS® number when it's live.
4. Tenants and their agents contact you. You book showings, review applications and choose your tenant; when it's leased, you tell us from your account and we update the listing.

Can I list my own rental property on MLS®?

Not by yourself. The MLS® System belongs to the real estate boards, and only a registered brokerage or a REALTOR® member can enter a listing on it. That goes for rentals as much as for homes for sale, and there's no way to pay realtor.ca or a board directly to post one.

What landlords use instead is a flat fee listing, also called a mere posting. A brokerage enters your rental on the MLS® System for a set fee, the listing is sent on to realtor.ca, and you handle the rest yourself: inquiries, showings, choosing a tenant and signing the lease. In Ontario every brokerage must be registered with RECO, and you can check any name in RECO's public register before you pay.

In Ontario your rental goes in through PropTx, which feeds 14 boards including Toronto (TRREB), Ottawa, London, Niagara and Oakville-Milton, so tenants' agents across the province see it in their own board's search.

Where else to advertise your rental, and why the MLS® still matters

Free sites such as Rentals.ca, Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace, Zumper, PadMapper and liv.rent reach tenants who search on their own. The MLS® System reaches the other half: tenants working with an agent, who search the MLS® first. Many landlords do both, and nothing in a flat fee listing stops you posting the same unit elsewhere.

In Toronto that agent-led half is large. Toronto REALTOR® Jarrod Armstrong writes that "almost all tenants in Toronto look at the MLS for lease listings and most are already working with a rental agent to find a place". It matters more as the market softens: CMHC's 2025 Rental Market Report found that "the purpose-built apartment vacancy rate in Toronto hit 3% for the first time since the pandemic", with Ottawa at 3.0%. More empty units means tenants have choices, and reach decides how fast yours fills.

Your rental also shows in realtor.ca's rentals search, and it's typically picked up by MLS®-fed sites that show leases, such as HouseSigma, Zolo, Condos.ca and Property.ca. Each site decides whether and when to show a listing. The steps to list a rental on realtor.ca are the same as for a home for sale.

Photos and what your listing must state

Tenants and their agents filter by the facts, so a rental listing with blanks gets skipped. Before you start, have the rent, the move-in date and the details below ready, plus bright photos of every room. The guided form asks for each one and flags anything missing, so the listing reaches the board complete the first time.

• Bedrooms, bathrooms and approximate square footage, and which part of the property it is (whole house, basement, main or upper floor, condo unit)
• What's included: heat, hydro, water, internet, parking, storage, laundry (in-suite or shared)
• Pets and smoking: your policy, stated plainly
• Move-in date and lease term, and whether it's furnished
• Up to 40 photos, in the order you choose: the living space and kitchen first, then bedrooms, bathrooms and the outside. A phone works; a photographer is optional
• The description: one paragraph in the MLS® style (what the unit is, what's nearby, what's included), with no phone numbers or emails; the board rejects them and the form warns you as you type

What it costs to list a rental on MLS®

A full-service leasing agent is commonly paid one month's rent plus HST, and shares part of it with the tenant's agent. A flat fee listing costs the same whatever the rent: $69.99 a month, or $99.99 for 2 months, plus 13% HST.

You also choose what to offer a tenant's agent: a share of one month's rent (half a month's rent is a common choice) or a flat amount. It's only paid if a tenant's agent brings the tenant who signs; a tenant who finds you on their own costs nothing extra.

On a $2,500-a-month condo, one month's rent to a leasing agent is $2,500 plus HST. With a flat fee listing and half a month offered to the tenant's agent, the most you pay is the plan plus $1,250, and less if the tenant comes on their own.

The plans are the same as for a flat fee MLS® listing of a home for sale.

ComFree prices rentals like sales too, at $597 and $997 a package: see ComFree vs RocketListings prices.

Easy List Realty charges $399 or $498 for a rental: see Easy List Realty's rental prices vs ours.

See what the cost of finding tenants does to your returns in our rental property cap rate calculator.

Work it out for your rent and lease length: how much a realtor charges to lease a house in Ontario.

Showings, applications and choosing a tenant

Tenants' agents request showings through the showing system, and each request comes to you by text or email to confirm or move. Tenants who use the contact form on realtor.ca reach us, and we forward the message to you, so every inquiry ends with you and nobody books a time you haven't agreed to.

Offers to lease are made out to you and come to you directly. In Ontario a tenant's agent usually sends the OREA Agreement to Lease (Form 400) with a rental application, a credit report, an employment letter and references, so you get the facts you need in one package. You compare the applications, check references and decide; the brokerage's part is the posting, so it doesn't screen tenants or negotiate for you.

Once you've chosen your tenant and signed the lease, tell us it's leased from your account and we update the listing, so agents stop booking showings.

Rules to know before you sign a lease

Ontario caps what you can ask for up front and sets the lease form itself. These rules apply whether you rent through an agent, a flat fee listing or a free site, and a lease clause that goes against them can't be enforced, so check them before you sign, not after a tenant raises them.

New to being a landlord? Our guide to renting out your house in Ontario covers screening, the Standard Lease, deposits, the September 2026 rule changes and tax.

• Ontario: most residential tenancies must use the province's standard form of lease.
• Ontario deposits: a landlord can ask for a rent deposit of up to one month's rent, but not a damage deposit. See renting in Ontario: your rights.
• Screening: you can't refuse a tenant for a reason protected by human rights law (such as family status, receiving public assistance or disability); look at rental history, references, credit and income information together, and don't rely on a rent-to-income ratio alone.
• If a lease or an application raises a question, a real estate lawyer or a licensed paralegal can review it before you sign.

Is listing your rental on MLS® yourself right for you?

It suits landlords who can answer messages quickly, be there (or send someone) for showings, and judge an application calmly. Check what similar units nearby are renting for on realtor.ca or HouseSigma before you set the rent; a rent close to comparable units brings showings sooner.

It's a harder fit if you can't be reached during the day, you'd rather someone else screened every tenant, or you want a property manager to look after the unit once it's rented. A full-service leasing agent or a property manager is the right call then, and the fee buys that.

You are still a client of the brokerage: the posting, the board's rules and the changes are handled for you; the showings, the tenant and the lease are handled by you. Thinking of selling the unit instead? The same flat fee works for sale (or rent) by owner in Ontario, and that page shows the homes owners are selling now.

Moving out and weighing a sale instead? Our rent vs sell calculator shows which comes out ahead for your numbers.

Questions

What's included

• Your rental on the MLS® System through PropTx, which feeds 14 Ontario boards, including Toronto (TRREB), Ottawa, London, Niagara and Oakville-Milton
• Your rental on realtor.ca, in its rentals search, sent there from the MLS® System
• Typically picked up by MLS®-fed sites that show leases, such as HouseSigma, Zolo, Condos.ca and Property.ca
• Up to 40 photos, your description, the monthly rent and the full property details
• Showing requests from tenants' agents sent straight to you to confirm, and realtor.ca inquiries forwarded to you
• Rent, photo and detail changes while you're listed, plus the leased update when you've found your tenant

Flat fee MLS® prices

Plus 13% HST. The monthly plan can be cancelled any time.

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