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A Northwest Territories landlord who cited his religious beliefs for refusing to rent to a gay couple must pay a monetary judgment of $13,000 for his actions. This case hinged upon whether Canada's human rights protections trump an individual's freedom of religion. ...
When the air conditioning broke in a TriBeCa apartment in New York City, the tenant left a message for the property manager, but didn't wait around for a response. Instead, he checked himself into a suite at the Greenwich Hotel with a $2,900 a night price tag, and...
By Elena Rivkin Franz No one likes to say "no", especially a landlord who is turning away a prospective renter in a tough market. But the pain of choosing the wrong tenant will outweigh the costs of a vacancy. Sometimes landlords have to be tough. The trouble with...
Filling vacancies requires a lot of focus. While a landlord is busy asking an applicant about credit history and verifying income, it is easy to overlook a more sinister situation: what if this person means them harm? Protecting your physical safety while showing a...
ByKristen Fraser, TVS Staff Writer A rising concern for landlords in the Vancouver, Canada area is the resurgence of bed bugs. Bed bug infestations are a costly and time consuming situation for landlords. A recent article in The Globe and Mail featured an apartment...
“The days of routine ’No Children’ rental policies are over,” states John Trasviña, HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “The Fair Housing Act prohibits them and HUD will enforce the law to protect the rights of families with children.” This...
Think you know the best way to fill a vacancy? Truth is, if you haven't done the math, you could be wrong. There is a crucial part of tenant screening that many landlords ignore: finding out how the applicant heard about the vacancy. Instead, many landlords guess...
By Adam Kruse Property Manager Adam Kruse with The Hermann London Group in Missouri spends a lot of his time screening tenants. The trick is to make that time worth spending. Here are three tests he applies when screening tenants: Are they responsible? "When I'm...
Landlords in British Columbia will be allowed to raise rents by 2.3% in 2011. For a manufactured home park tenancy, the allowable increase is 2.3 per cent plus a proportional amount. If the landlord charges an amount in excess of the stated increase, the tenant does...
"I have seen most everything, and heard just about every excuse and lie that can be used." - Vincent Shanahan, Alpha Omega Property Management "There is no guaranteed way to ensure anything you receive from prospective tenants is legitimate," warns experienced rental...
By Kristen Fraser, TVS Staff Writer Collecting tenant debts is an unfortunate aspect of renting. Having the proper tenant screening information will save you time and money. Michael Tinant, an employee at Wiggins Adjustments, a long time established collection agency...
Did You Know? Tenant Verification Service is a Credit Reporting Agency where landlords can report tenant pay habits. Reporting tenant pay habits benefits landlords and tenants. Landlord benefit: Where tenant pay habits are reported on the 3rd day of each month to a...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suing a landlord in Boston for his alleged failure to distribute lead paint pamphlets to his tenants. EPA is seeking $85,000 in fines. The landlord is accused of 14 violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure laws...
"If I didn't work with applicants who have credit problems, I wouldn't have any tenants." --Mia Melle, Renttoday.us Renttoday.us, a property management company in Southern California, manages approximately 1,200 single family homes, condos, and multi-families. These...
Most tenant screening agencies, including Tenant Verification Service, provide a variety of tenant screening report options, including a simple-to-read credit decision report, or the full credit report. Either credit report option offers a landlord verification...
A landlord in Edmonton will have to pay fines - $6,000 worth, for failure to comply with the Alberta Fire Code. The rental property in question consists of seven residential suites located above a commercial unit. “Our fire prevention officers found a number of...
It's 9:00 a.m. and Paralegal April Stewart, a/k/a "The Terminator" is representing a landlord at an eviction hearing before the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board. Just another work day for this staunch advocate of landlords' rights. But there's one thing that stands...
There is a common saying among property managers and landlords: it's much easier to allow tenants in than it is to get them out. That's a mantra Los Angeles property manager Adam Bray-Ali knows all too well. In L.A., rent control laws severely restrict a landlord's...
Tenants of a Manhattan apartment are seeking over $50,000 in damages from their landlords in a dispute over interior decor. The landlords, one an interior designer, remodeled the apartment in a swanky building using IKEA products. The tenants complain that while the...
A landlord related her frustration after showing her vacant condo to a prospect. The rental property is a twenty minute drive, and she had four showings in a week. But the prospect was adamant that she had to see the property right away. After arriving thirty...
