Settling in Canada: first year housing, tax basics and healthcare

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I'm learning "Settling in Canada: first year housing, tax basics and healthcare" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "Your first-year map and how to search for a rental".

What the lesson teaches:
- Before this course: Newcomer to Canada: Your First 90 Days (course 8.5). You should already have a SIN, have started a health coverage application, have a bank account and know where to find free newcomer services. We build on that and do not repeat it.
- Canada.ca says newcomers can look for a rental by asking friends, searching online listings (for example Facebook Marketplace or Kijiji), reading classified ads, visiting rental agency websites, hiring a rental agency, or looking for "For Rent" signs. A newcomer services provider can also help with the search.
- The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) says rent and household costs should generally not be more than 35% of your gross household income (income before taxes and deductions). Example from FCAC: with $4,000 gross monthly pay, housing costs should stay near $1,400.
- Budget for costs beyond rent too: utility and internet set-up fees, moving costs, furniture, parking, hydro, heat and snow removal.
- Landlords may ask for references, proof of income, your employer and your credit history. Some check your credit report. If you have no credit history, a landlord may ask for a guarantor (someone with good credit who pays if you cannot).
- Canada.ca says to write your questions down before you visit a unit, run the taps to check water pressure and temperature, test included appliances, confirm which utilities are included, and look into how safe the neighbourhood is.
- FCAC lists rental scam warning signs:

The exercise I'm working on:
Calculate your 35% number, list your extra monthly costs, and find three real listings. For each one, check it against the six scam signs and write down any question you would ask.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "Your first-year map and how to search for a rental" from the course "Settling in Canada: first year housing, tax basics and healthcare".

Here's what the lesson says:
After the first 90 days you are not "new" anymore, but you are still learning the map. A good map has your home, your doctor, your tax date and your work plan on it. We start with the biggest piece: a safe place to live.

The activity:
Calculate your 35% number, list your extra monthly costs, and find three real listings. For each one, check it against the six scam signs and write down any question you would ask.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.