{"id":6810,"date":"2026-03-03T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/?p=6810"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:41:16","slug":"base-rent-isnt-the-real-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/03\/03\/base-rent-isnt-the-real-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Base Rent Isn\u2019t The Real Number!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1><strong>Base Rent Isn\u2019t The Real Number!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Base rent isn\u2019t the real number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They told you the rent was $2,000.<br>But \u201cadditional rent\u201d can include parking, storage, pet fees, CAM, and operating costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you sign a lease in Canada, understand what your TOTAL monthly obligation really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save this for your next move.<br>Comment \u201cLEASE\u201d and we\u2019ll send you the questions to ask before signing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full guide at Rent-Life.ca \ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 Download the app: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd12 Tenant insurance: <a href=\"https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife\">https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/What-Does-Additional-Rent-Cover.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Base Rent Isn\u2019t The Real Number! Base rent isn\u2019t the real number. They told you the rent was $2,000.But \u201cadditional rent\u201d can include parking, storage, pet fees, CAM, and operating costs. Before you sign a lease in Canada, understand what your TOTAL monthly obligation really is. Save this for your next move.Comment \u201cLEASE\u201d and we\u2019ll&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/03\/03\/base-rent-isnt-the-real-number\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Base Rent Isn\u2019t The Real Number!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[757,744,759,100,709,651,522,338,718,717,523,703,704,22,719,720,530,531,650,706,17,648,18,622,329,691,400,86,21,755,756,588,589,735,9,518,649,11,643,14],"tags":[758,176,708,646,716,715,700,701,441,407,121,722,645,113,644,114,123,513,241,278,115,647,256,487,474,473,368,240],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6826,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810\/revisions\/6826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}