A small Niagara team,
built for owners.
Zulma Resources Inc. operates as Zulma Real Estate — a property management practice based in Thorold, Ontario. We manage rentals for owners who care about how their property is run as much as what it returns.
Built by owners,
for owners.
“The existing property managers in Niagara were too expensive, too opaque, or too disconnected from the properties they ran. So we built the practice we wished existed.”
Zulma started because the existing property managers in Niagara were too expensive, too opaque, or too disconnected from the properties they ran. Owners were paying retainer-style fees and receiving spreadsheets they couldn’t verify.
We built the practice we wished existed: a small, locally-staffed team with no contractor kickbacks, no retention clauses, and a hard rule that every dollar in and out is itemized and shared in real time.
We built it for the property types Niagara actually has — single-family detached in Niagara-on-the-Lake, small multi-residential in St. Catharines, student units near Brock. The approach is the same everywhere: honest math, documented work, and no lock-in.
We’re federally incorporated as Zulma Resources Inc. and operate provincially as Zulma Real Estate, insured through Zensurance with $5M commercial general liability and $100K cyber coverage.
Built on a hard
set of rules.
Not a growth story — a set of commitments. The principles the practice is built on, and the ones we don’t bend on for anyone.
- The premise
We started because the alternatives were opaque
Niagara owners were paying retainer-style fees for spreadsheets they couldn’t verify. We built the practice we wished existed.
- The rule
No kickbacks, no markups
Vendor invoices pass through to you. We don’t profit from your maintenance — the only fee you pay is the one we quote.
- The network
A vetted Niagara trades roster
Local trades we check for WSIB clearance and insurance, so dispatch is handled by people we actually trust.
- The record
Every dollar, documented
Itemized monthly statements, photo-documented work orders, an owner portal. The paper trail is the product.
- The coverage
Across the Niagara region
St. Catharines, Thorold, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland, and Niagara Falls — all within reach of our Thorold office.
- The standard
No lock-in, ever
Month-to-month management with a 30-day exit. We earn your business every month — we don’t trap it.
The people who answer
the phone.
We’re deliberately small. Every owner has a direct line to the operations lead, and every tenant has a direct line to the liaison. No queue, no ticket, no “your call is important to us.”
Uba Akpan
Founder of Zulma. The one who answers when the call comes in at 11 PM — and the reason owners get a straight answer instead of a runaround.
Lead Property Manager
Owns the day-to-day: rent collection, inspections, and getting accurate monthly statements out on time.
Tenant Liaison
First point of contact for every tenant call — repairs, questions, and calm, fair conflict resolution.
Maintenance Coordinator
Coordinates our vetted trades and passes every vendor invoice through to owners at cost — no markup, no surprise trip charges.
Owner Relations
The quiet engine behind onboarding, document collection, and the relationship side of the business.
Paralegal Partner
The licensed paralegal partner we bring in for disputed cases and Landlord & Tenant Board hearings.
Four commitments.
Written into every contract.
Transparency is the floor.
Every dollar of rent collected and every dollar of expense incurred is itemized and shared. No mark-ups, no contractor kickbacks, no hidden retainers.
Local operators only.
Every property manager on staff lives within a 30-minute drive of the homes they manage. We don't route anything to a 1-800 number in another province.
Compliance is non-negotiable.
Ontario Standard Form leases, lawful N-form service, and itemized, reconciled monthly statements. We treat the Residential Tenancies Act like the law it is.
Documented work, always.
Every inspection, every work order, every tenant interaction lives in a timestamped record. The paper trail is the product.
Niagara, end to end.
Every property under our care sits within a 90-minute drive of our Thorold office — close enough for our team to be there in person when it matters. We don’t take on properties we can’t physically reach.
All service areasFind us in Thorold.
Zulma Resources Inc., operating as Zulma Real Estate
4204 — 3490 Schmon Pkwy
Thorold, ON L2V 0C4
Your portfolio deserves
a real operator.
Thirty-minute consult. No pitch deck, no obligation. We’ll be honest about whether we’re the right fit.