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Late rent payments, unauthorized pets and urine-soaked carpets proved insufficient reasons to evict a tenant. The troubles started for one British Columbia landlord with the first rent payment. Four months later, the rent was late again. Meanwhile, the tenant brought...
The Edmonton Apartment Association is hosting the Edmonton Multi-Family Housing Conference and Exhibitor Showcase on September 21. This event will offer a strategic economic and demographic overview of Edmonton’s multi-family housing market. Attendees will gain the...
The rental market is experiencing low vacancies, and that is generally good news for rental property owners. Low vacancy rates signal that rentals are in higher demand, and landlords can expect to see more applicants competing for available rental housing. ...
If you are allowed to collect a damage deposit, you may have heard this request before -- an exiting tenant wants to apply that deposit to the last month's rent. The tenant wants every penny they have to apply towards their new rental home and the costs of moving. If...
Dog bite victims injured on leased premises in Kentucky are no longer out of luck if the dog owner fails to carry renters insurance covering dog bite attacks, according to Kevin Renfro, attorney and managing partner for Becker Law Office. In a recently decided case,...
Q: I have a tenant who has fulfilled eight months of his one year lease. He and his wife have just had a new baby and now find the place too small. They asked me in June if they could assign his lease to somebody else. I gave permission for him to do that - he wants...
The right to collect a damage deposit not only helps rental owners, it helps tenants as well, says the The Association of Quebec Landlords (APQ). While APQ has advocated for reform of the Province's rental laws for many years, the right to collect a deposit is among...
Summer is a popular time for remodeling projects, and that usually means hiring a contractor. Hiring the right person means a job well done with little hassle or stress. But hiring the wrong person can lead to income loss for your rental business, and even put your...
Many -- in fact, a slight majority -- of tenants want to keep pets in their rental home. For some, a pet-friendly property is the top priority when apartment-hunting. Allowing pets can create a larger pool of qualified applicants, lower vacancies and turnover, and...
The owner of an apartment complex in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by HUD over discriminatory leasing practices. The charges stemmed from the treatment of families with children. The on-site manager was accused of stating a...
Problem tenants, including those who won't pay the rent, those who will cause damage, and the worst tenants of all -- the ones who use the rental property for illegal businesses like drug manufacturing, come from all walks of life and circumstances. That can make it...
Ontario's Rent Increase Guideline for 2013 is set at 2.5 per cent. While the annual Rent Increase Guideline continues to be based on Ontario's Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is a measure of inflation calculated monthly by Statistics Canada, due to recently passed...
Many of the proposed changes to Manitoba's Residential Tenancies Act received Royal Assent on June 14, 2012, and are now in effect. Manitoba landlords are subject to the following changes: Landlords must use prescribed forms when terminating tenancies. These forms...
Landlords sometimes make the assumption that the ideal tenant is the one who sticks around for a long, long time. For instance, a landlord may assume that the long-term tenant guarantees monthly rental income, making the rental a good investment. It can seem like...
Having to repair damage to a rental property is a concern of every landlord. The cost of damage goes beyond restoring the unit -- it also means longer vacancies while the property is being repaired. These three steps can help to minimize losses from damage, and keep a...
Last month, the Dayton Daily News reported that legislation was introduced in the Ohio General Assembly that would require owners of properties used as meth labs to pay for thorough cleanup costs. When meth labs are found in Ohio, local or state authorities perform an...
Freddie Mac's U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for June shows that rental market activity continues to be a bright spot for the housing market, with demand for rentals expected to increase this coming year. According to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac VP and...
A landlord in Calgary is out $8,000 after trying to give her tenant, a single mom, a break. Now, the landlord is just hoping she can collect some of what she is owed. Another landlord hasn't received a single rent payment, but now must store the deadbeat tenant's...
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Spring Rental Market Survey was just released, and it shows that the average rental apartment vacancy rate in Canada's 35 major centres decreased slightly to 2.3 per cent in April 2012. The survey is conducted twice...
Training tenants to behave takes some commitment on the landlord's part, but it saves time and money in the end. The best place to begin is with organization: Too much Information One trick to getting tenants to follow the rules is making it easy to find them. A...
