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Landlords in Connecticut are picking up the pieces after their tenant added extra bedrooms to their single-family rental home, sublet the property on Airbnb, and then stopped paying rent. Neighbors say those nightly visitors included a 40-person party. According to a...
The demand for rental housing spiked this summer, climbing to a five-year high, according to real estate technology and analytics firm RealPage, Inc. While summer is primary leasing season, demand this year is up 11 percent over the same period last year. RealPage...
At a recent city council meeting in Portland, Oregon proponents of rental regulations that bar landlords from rejecting tenants for bad credit or violent criminal history scolded those landlords who objected, accusing them of disseminating misleading information and...
The ability to report rent payments each month to a credit bureau is a significant breakthrough for landlords in the battle for on-time rent. Before that service became available, landlords were the most likely creditors to be ignored. A new survey points to another...
The Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Human Rights Commission are expressing concern that rental ads placed on Facebook Canada potentially are discriminatory. The concern was triggered by a lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Facebook alleging that its...
Ontario landlords are allowed to increase rent by 2.2% in 2020. The guideline represents the maximum amount a landlord can raise rent without applying to the Landlord and Tenant Board for an above-guideline increase. Due to a recent change in the residential tenancy...
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation just released a report detailing its findings from the latest National Housing Conference. Among the issues discussed by housing experts was the rental housing market. CMHC concludes that it's views on renting may be...
This might come as a surprise to some landlords, but a majority of tenants actually want to report rent payments to a credit reporting agency. A recent survey conducted by TransUnion credit bureau shows that a whopping 73% of tenants say that reporting monthly rent...
A controversial new rental regulation package was passed by Portland's City Council. The rules include a requirement that landlords accept the first qualified applicant to apply, consider tenants with poor credit history, and allow tenants with felony convictions --...
A North Carolina landlord was in the process of evicting a tenant for unauthorized subletting when an Airbnb guest's party at the rental property turned deadly. Four people were shot, one fatally, according to a news report. It is not known whether the "hundreds" of...
Landlords who want tenants to follow the rules and properly care for a rental property are well-advised to conduct a new tenant orientation. Here are some tips to make the most of an orientation: 1. Create a list of topics to cover. Some basic requirements include...
Bad tenants are funny. They complain about landlords not giving them a fair shake, but then they post their most corrupt ideas on the Internet for others to follow -- and for landlords to see. Here are a few choice examples: How to Hide a Bad Rental History This is a...
Landlords in Ontario now may be able to access previous eviction records, which could greatly enhance their ability to screen rental applicants and avoid income loss from chronically bad tenants. The move comes after a court order which requires the social tribunals...
Most landlords would agree security deposits are a valuable tool when it comes to minimizing income loss. Just ask landlords in Ontario who are fighting for the right to collect deposits. While a security deposit can serve as an incentive for a tenant to return a unit...
A British Columbia tenant was found negligent after his failure to report a water leak in his apartment. Although the tenant was aware that water from a toilet in his unit was overflowing for hours and had spread into his bedroom and kitchen, he failed to shut off the...
A landlord in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $30,000 in restitution after the state's attorney general found the landlord was charging illegal fees. Tenants complained that the landlord was deducting a 15% "administrative fee" from each tenant's security deposit,...
Technology is a double-edged sword: it allows lightning-fast communications and unparalleled efficiency. But when it comes to screening tenants, technology also creates special problems that landlords cannot ignore: Online Rental Applications Promote Tenant Fraud The...
A Vermont landlord has been charged with housing discrimination after rejecting an applicant with small children. According to the complaint lodged with the Vermont Human Rights Commission, which reviewed a voicemail message and a recorded phone conversation, the...
Minneapolis lawmakers are considering a proposal that would force landlords there to accept tenants with criminal backgrounds, bad credit, and prior eviction history, and limit both general and pet deposits. Landlords are fighting back. The proposed rental ordinance...
A landlord in Ontario told the news that if he had run a background check on his nightmare tenant, he wouldn't be in the situation he's in today. At least three landlords say they were victimized by the same tenant who moved in, stopped paying rent, and called in...
