9th Star Property Management is a property management company in Durham Region built for owners of houses, duplexes, townhomes, and condo units. We focus on residential rentals, not building-wide condo corporation management.
If you own a rental in Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Courtice, Brooklin, or elsewhere in Durham, the job is the same: keep a good tenant in place, handle issues quickly, and give you a clear monthly picture of money in and money out.
Who we help
Local landlords who are tired of after-hours calls. Investors who live in the GTA, elsewhere in Canada, or abroad. Small portfolio owners who want one manager instead of juggling vendors and applicants alone.
What Durham property management includes with 9th Star
- Rent-ready prep guidance and listing strategy for vacant homes
- Tenant placement and screening
- Lease paperwork and move-in coordination
- Rent collection and follow-up
- Maintenance coordination with owner updates
- Renewals and day-to-day tenant communication
- Monthly reporting you can read without decoding
Why local coverage matters
Durham is not one rental market. A condo near Pickering Town Centre, a family home in Ajax, a Whitby waterfront rental, and an Oshawa unit near campus attract different tenants and need different pricing. Using one Toronto average is how vacancies drag on.
Local vendor relationships also matter. When heat fails in Clarington, response time is the product. Software alone does not fix that.
Durham corridor realities owners should plan for
West Durham (Pickering and Ajax) often competes with Scarborough and east Toronto renters who want more space for the money. Pricing has to respect that competition without racing to the bottom.
Central Durham (Whitby and Oshawa) mixes long-term family demand with pockets of higher turnover. Screening quality and lease clarity matter more here than glossy listing copy.
East Durham (Clarington, Bowmanville, Courtice, Newcastle) rewards reliable local response. Many owners live farther away. A manager who cannot get a vendor to Bowmanville quickly is not managing the asset.
Neighbourhood-level thinking beats city averages
Inside each city, streets differ. Downtown Whitby stock is not identical to Brooklin. North Oshawa family homes are not identical to campus-adjacent rentals. Liverpool and Town Centre Pickering draw different renter profiles than quieter inland pockets.
When a unit sits vacant, the first job is pricing and presentation for that micro-market. Posting everywhere with the wrong ask just creates noise.
Cities we serve
Pickering property management · Ajax property management · Whitby property management · Oshawa property management · Clarington property management · Bowmanville property management · Courtice property management · Brooklin property management · Scarborough property management · Toronto property management
Services owners ask for most
Explore residential property management, condo property management, tenant placement, and investor property management.
What good Durham property management looks like in practice
A vacant Ajax townhome gets cleaned, priced against current comps, listed with accurate photos, and shown on a real schedule. Applications are screened before keys move. The owner sees who applied and why a candidate is recommended or declined.
An occupied Whitby house gets a maintenance path tenants will actually use. Urgent issues are triaged. Routine work is scheduled. Invoices and updates show up in reporting instead of disappearing into text threads.
A condo unit in Pickering gets board-aware move-in planning so the tenancy does not start with elevator and rule conflicts. That prevents week-one friction that turns into year-long complaints.
Fees overview for Durham landlords
Most residential management in Ontario is priced as a percentage of rent, sometimes with separate placement fees on turnover. We explain inclusions before you sign. For a plain-language overview, read property management fees in Durham and our guide on Ontario management fees.
Proof and process
Owners want fewer surprises. Tenants want a real response path. That is the standard we manage to. Read how it works and reviews.
Talk to a Durham property manager
Request a free rental analysis or call 416-834-3587. Tell us the city, property type, and whether the unit is occupied or vacant.