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Security deposits may be the most regulated part of the landlord-tenant relationship. There are rules limiting the amount that a landlord can charge, the length of time they can hold a deposit, and what deductions they can take when a tenant damages a property. Often,...
Q: I rent out a 2 bedroom carriage house. The same tenant has lived there for 4 years. I renovated the unit prior to her moving in and it was in mint condition. I have not increased the rent in four years. Now, the place has become a disaster. She does not even bring...
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter do more than help people connect. These sites offer employers and landlords a peek into an applicant's background. But is the information from these sites all it is cracked up to be? The Federal Trade Commission, the agency...
Small Businesses the Most Susceptible Of all the risks a landlord or property management business may face, one of the most often overlooked is a breach of data security, leaving business records and tenant documents susceptible to theft. One data breach can ruin the...
Landlords Fail to Overturn Controversial Rental Regulation Landlords in London, Ontario were dealt a blow recently when a Superior Court there handed down a ruling upholding a rental licensing bylaw they say was a veiled attempt to limit student rentals, unnecessarily...
Landlords Required to Submit New Form The Ontario Landlord Tenant Board has taken steps it says will improve access to justice for both landlords and tenants. The Board has implemented a new scheduling protocol. Effective immediately, the Board will begin...
The Manitoba Rental Board has announced a number of legislative changes that affect landlords: New Penalties In 2009, The Residential Tenancies Act was amended to allow administrative penalties to be imposed against tenants and landlords who breach specific provisions...
It may seem like a landlord has nothing to lose by tossing every provision imaginable into the lease agreement, or creating a one-sided lease that offers the most benefit possible for the landlord. Yet, when it comes to lease drafting, there is danger in throwing in...
These days, evicting problem tenants can be a bit of a chore. Over the past several years, a number of towns and cities across the country have placed the burden on landlords to police disruptive tenants. For instance South Orange, New Jersey, passed an ordinance...
A young Omaha man has admitted his role in the death of a landlord who believed she was showing him a property to rent. The landlord had just served the current tenant with eviction papers, and then advertised the vacancy. The 20-year-old man who responded is the...
A man standing trial in Calgary, accused of beating his roommate and then leaving him near death at a Regina hospital, used a fake identity to secure an apartment lease. The landlord, who testified last week at the tenant's trial, said he did not run a background...
Frequent Exposure to Pesticides Has Increased Immunity Scientists, pitting their intellectual prowess against the voracity of bedbugs, have discovered that these insects have developed a genetic resistance to pyrethroids, one of the very few classes of insecticide...
Tenants aren't the only ones who need to be screened. Hiring a contractor to perform work on your rental property also requires care in order to protect your personal safety and avoid fraud. Fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry, and growing. One common scam is...
Are you starting off on the wrong foot with your tenants? Mistakes in the application process are mistakes a landlord can't afford to make. Yet, a surprising number of landlords accept tenants who have submitted an incomplete or inaccurate rental application. Not as...
A Florida landlord has been sued for discrimination after refusing to relocate a resident who complained second-hand smoke from a neighboring tenant was making her sick. The landlord could be liable for discrimination for telling the tenant that she would need to pay...
Having a tenant move out at the end of a lease shouldn't cost a landlord their profits--but sometimes it does. At this crucial time, the landlord may have made promises to a new tenant to turn over a clean unit. Everything relies on the existing tenant getting the job...
A landlord in British Columbia was ordered to return a $650 fee charged to a rental applicant, despite the fact that the landlord called it a damage deposit. While the Residential Tenancy Act in British Columbia does allow for the collection of a security deposit, it...
Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 6,933 apartment lease transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in the May through August 2011 period. This represented an 11 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2010. The number of units listed during the period was...
A major, three-day operation last week targeted and dismantled 18 marihuana grow operations located in the city of Calgary. Police seized over 8,920 marihuana plants in various stages of growth, and a large quantity of specialized equipment typically used by organized...
The Québec Landlords Association (APQ) shares the concerns expressed recently by Québec's Protecteur du Citoyen that it takes too long for landlord tenant disputes to be heard. They also agree that the Rental Board should change the order in which cases are heard....
