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“Your home is your castle, even if it’s rented," says Manitoba's Family Services and Consumer Affairs Minister Gord Mackintosh. "So, especially in times of low vacancy rates, tenants need to be protected against excessive rent increases and unfair eviction." Manitoba...
Recognizing how important proper tenant screening is to landlords, the Wisconsin state legislature has paved the way for landlords there to have easier access to tenant screening information. A number of local laws have impeded landlords in their efforts to...
CSI-Style Tool Gets Pet Owners to Clean Up Their Act It may be surprising to know that some of the fiercest battle lines in civic dialogue are being drawn around the matter of dog poop. Words, and more unpleasant items, are being flung between neighbors, homeowners...
Ever walked away with a signed lease feeling you gave away too much to your new tenant? Negotiating with prospective tenants can be a challenge, but experts offer some strategies that keep you in the driver's seat: 1. Gaining the Advantage By choosing where the...
As the Bed Bug Epidemic escalates, property owners continue to grapple with the tiny bugs that have caused big problems. Extensive publicity, including a recent finding that the bugs may be able to spread diseases, is shedding light on the scope of the problem and the...
An elderly landlord, his wife and children have each been ordered to pay fines, which totalled are the highest ever awarded for rental housing safety violations in Alberta. The family has been ordered to pay $207,000 in fines. The landlord is to pay $157,000, his...
If you've been a landlord for any length of time, you've probably heard one of these classic excuses for why a tenant won't pay the rent: "I forgot it was the first of the month already." "I can pay half now, and I'll have the rest in two weeks." "I'm on vacation." "I...
Landlords and property managers who use their cars for business may qualify for an increase in the optional standard mileage rate for the final six months of 2011. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an...
Postal service from the U.S. to Canada will resume on Tuesday, June 28, according to a statement by the U.S. Postal Service. Canada Post workers have been staging strikes in that country over the past two weeks, causing delays and disruption of mail service--including...
A new rental market survey finds that vacancy rates are edging downward across the country. That could mean landlords will be seeing more applicants vying for rental properties. More applicants to choose from allows landlords to be even pickier about finding the...
The average rental apartment vacancy rate in Canada's 35 major centres decreased slightly to 2.5 per cent in April 2011, from 2.9 per cent in April 2010, according to the spring Rental Market Survey released last week by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)....
Canadians have a unique opportunity to take advantage of the great deals currently available in the U.S. residential real estate market, but need to carefully assess their options and approach to avoid making costly mistakes, says Troy Peterson, Director of U.S....
In 1991, Ontario passed a bill which exempted any residence that was occupied after November, 1991 from rent control guidelines. Therefore, any rent increase by a landlord to a tenant in those properties is legal. However, a bill has been introduced by MPP Norman...
Important Information about Sending and Receiving LTB Documents during the Postal Service Disruption As a result of the current Canada Post labour dispute, mail delivery has been disrupted. During this time of uncertainty with this job action and potential back to...
Global Express Guaranteed Service Continues Without Delay Due to expectations by Canada Post officials that the strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will last until at least sometime next week, the U.S. Postal Service has suspended accepting mail destined to...
Lease problems can get a landlord into hot water when it comes time to enforce their rights. Make certain your lease will protect you when you need it. Here are some tips that can help strengthen your lease agreement: Nix The One-Size-Fits-All Lease One of the...
Landlord Stuck With Toxic Clean Up It only takes one bad tenant to drain a landlord's profits. That's a lesson one landlord learned this week when he discovered his tenant was running an illegal business out of the rental property. Fortunately the tenant moved out...
Applicant interviews don't have to be difficult. But to be successful, landlords need to focus on their goal: finding a tenant who will pay the rent and not leave the property a wreck. That boils down to just two things: tenant-worthiness and credit-worthiness. ...
It's hard to sleep tight when you think there may be bedbugs lurking around your apartment. Bird-X, a company that has been producing humane and eco-friendly pest and bird repellent products since 1964, has created an early alert system for monitoring bedbugs. The...
Victoria, B.C. and Moncton, N.B. next in line In response to rolling postal strikes across Canada, a number of landlord tenant boards have announced emergency rules that landlords must follow in the event a strike interferes with legal notice requirements and rent...
