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Now I don't know Canadian taxes but just out of interest I investigated once what would happen if I rented out my house (it's still newly under mortgage so I can't but just to see what would happen.) I see some of my neighbors rent out theirs from for about this amount, 2500 euros.
After taxes in my part of the world I would retain just under 18000 euros in profit per year, which is a return on investment (~500k) of about 3.5% And this is not counting any repairs or maintenance the house will invariably need.
It's a crazy amount of rent for the renter but it's at best a poor return on investment for me, and if I'm a good landlord that actively maintains the place even worse. Sticking the money into even a so-so savings account will give a better return without any headache.
Having rented for most of my life (until very recently) I feel your pain but the real problem is the insane cost of real estate.
How do you define "profit" here? Do you subtract mortgage payment? Because you only lose the interest portion of that; the principal payment is also profit (just not as a liquid asset).
Yeah if that's after mortgage payments then that extra is really just a dividend. You have to also look at property value increase as a potential proffit as well as the payment on principle since you could sell the property in a few years and make money on that sale.