Stop Renting and Start Owning—Here’s How You Can Make It Happen

Are you feeling stuck, watching your rent payments disappear month after month with nothing to show for it? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to keep waiting.

With Rent-to-Own, you can take a meaningful step toward owning a place to call your own—even if the banks say you’re not ready yet. It’s a gentle, supportive path that helps you build your future, one payment at a time. Because your dreams of homeownership are valid—and absolutely within reach.

At Clover Properties, we understand that life doesn’t always line up perfectly with the bank’s checklist. That’s why our Rent-to-Own program was created—for people like you, with steady income and a strong desire to own, but who just need a little more time to build credit, save for closing costs or boost their savings.

We’re here to walk with you, every step of the way—helping you move into a home you love now, while you confidently work toward owning it in the near future. Because homeownership shouldn’t feel out of reach. With the right support, it’s absolutely possible.

How Does Rent-to-Own Work?

Step 1: Choose Your Dream Home

You don’t have to put your dream home on hold just because the bank says, “not yet.”

With Rent-to-Own, we provide you with a budget and you get to choose the home that feels right for you from the listings of homes for sale in your area.  You move in, settle down, and start creating memories, all while building toward ownership from the very first day.

It’s more than just a place to live—it’s your future, unfolding one step at a time. And we’re here to help you make it yours.

Step 2: Build Your Equity While You Rent

Part of your monthly rent payment goes toward building your future down payment. So while you’re living in the home, you’re also building equity. Plus, you’ll have time to work on boosting your credit score and saving, so by the end of your Rent-to-Own term, you’ll be mortgage-ready.

Step 3: Own It!

After 3 to 4 years of making affordable, predictable payments, you’ll be able to buy the home from our investor, taking over the title and becoming the proud homeowner you’ve always dreamed of being.

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Who do we help with Rent-to-Own?

Our Assisted Purchasing Program is designed to help families improve their financial standing and get them on the path to homeownership when the banks say “no” today.  If you are experiencing any of the situations below, we can help!

Down Payment

In many cases, banks are looking for 10% and more for a down payment especially if there are credit challenges.  Thinking about a B or Private Mortgage?  B Lenders will also want 10% or more and Privates are looking for 20% down these days. They don’t really care that you have worked hard to save 5% but just can’t come up with the rest.  That’s where Rent-to-Own can help.  A portion of each monthly payment is put “away” for you towards your downpayment so you exit the Rent-to-Own with more than you started with.  We call it “forced savings” and it has been instrumental in helping many families get into their own homes.

Credit Challenges

Credit issues in the past?  Filed a bankruptcy or consumer proposal?  Ran into some late payments due to job loss or divorce?  No problem.   Rent-to-Own provides you an opportunity to get into the home you want to buy today while giving you the TIME to REPAIR credit issues so you qualify for your mortgage at the end of the Rent-to-Own.

Self-Employed

If you are self-employed, you likely know how hard it is to qualify for your own mortgage.  The banks want you to show more income in order to satisfy the stress test and this takes time.  Rent-to-Own has worked for many self-employed families by getting them into the house they want today while providing them with them time to show the necessary income to qualify for their own mortgage.

New to Canada

One of the biggest challenges new Canadians face is that they do not have established income.  Rent to own lets you enjoy pride of ownership now and gives you the time needed to establish your credit history.

Divorced

Divorce doesn’t have to be a rent-sentence.  We are grateful to be able to help many people who have gone through a divorce get back on their feet and provide their families with a stable home environment.   Time heals all wounds and also does wonder for improving credit and building up a bigger down payment.

Mortgage Help

Stuck in a private mortgage?  Maybe took out a 2nd mortgage hoping it would make things easier and find yourself in a tough spot.  We can help but doing a refinance Rent-to-Own which means we will buy your house, pay out the private funding and then you will Rent-to-Own your house back at lower monthly payments.  It’s a win-win as you get out of having to pay any fees associated with the private funding and still get to stay in the house you want to live in.

Here is the Criteria We Use to Qualify

Wondering what is required to qualify?  We list the main ingredients below that result in a successful Rent-to-Own

Down payment

We require a minimum down payment of $15,000 up to $450,000 of house or 5% of total price of the home if the home is over $450,000.   This is 100% credited towards your purchase of the home. Your down payment is required at the time we have the home inspection and will provided before we firm up the accepted offer.

Household Income

Steady, provable household income that can support the price of the home you would like. A general guideline is minimum of $90,000 annually (in this housing-market) but this depends on the price of home you wish to purchase.  We use the current stress test/benchmark to determine your affordability.

Credit Report

Although your credit won’t necessarily disqualify you from our rent to own program, it is important to know where you stand and what will be needed to improve it while you are in the program. We provide support, you provide the “doing”. Credit repair is a commitment.

Selecting a House

May not seem like a strong determining factor overall for qualifying for rent to own but it is for us. You should WANT to select your house as this might be the biggest determining success factor. With our program, you should commit the time to working with one of our realtors to find the “right” house. If you don’t love the house, it is going to make it harder to succeed.

Why Choose Us?

We REALLY do Care!

We actually care about helping you succeed.  We work with you to develop a property budget that fits the current lending rules and also fits your families needs.  Work to live, don’t live to work.  Support is our middle name.  Not only do we set you up with a licensed realtor to help you find a great property, we also are here to support you throughout the entire term of the Rent-to-Own.

No Fees!

Clover Properties does not ask for any fees.  No sitting fees, no consultation fees. No hidden fees at all.   You do, however have one cost in the purchase and that is to pay for the home inspection which you would do anyways if you qualified for a mortgage.

The Commitment

Like a mortgage, Rent-to-Own is a commitment. You NEED to be prepared to work hard to improve your credit and meet your contractual obligations which include making your payments on time.  We will be there to support you along the way.

Over 800 Happy Homeowners, Let’s See What Some Have To Say?

We love our helping families get into homeownership and get ahead finacially by taking the leap away from being a renter!

Such a great path of turning your dreams into reality! Stephanie and Neil were hands down so great to work with! We had absolutely no problems during the entire process as they answered all our questions clearly & promptly. The whole process was actually much easier than I had thought… from start to finish! Neil was instrumental in working out a way to get us into a townhouse we wanted in a new development in Whitby. I am so happy to say we’ll be moving into this place in the next 2 weeks! I definitely recommend Clover Properties to anyone who has a dream of home ownership.

Yanthe, Whitby, Ontario

Clover property has been very instrumental in our lives. I was very skeptical about RTO due to other companies and their arrogant attitude. When I met Neil, he was sincere and forthright. He explained exactly how the program worked and what the expectations were. The program is challenging, but it is definitely worth it.

Davis, Ajax, Ontario

When we were declined for a mortgage, we started researching other options and came across rent to own. Thanks to Clover Properties for taking a chance on my family just when we thought no one would and for making our dreams a reality.

Stacy and Tom, Oshawa, Ontario