The Quebec Landlords Association is offering landlords an improved version of its rent increase calculation form. The program is intended to make the process of calculating rent increases and sending out lease modifications simplier.  A landlord can enter their data...

Renters often believe the landlord is liable for everything that happens on the property--including any damage to their personal belongings. But this is not always the case. More likely, the landlord's insurance will only cover damage to the building, while an...

by Grant Haddock, Haddock & Company The number of marijuana smoking complaints that our offices have had to deal with over the last few years has increased. A number of factors play into this including acceptable social practices and law enforcement issues....

Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board announced that it amended a number of its Rules of Practice and Interpretation Guidelines on January 6, 2012. The Board also added one new Rule of Practice: Rule 32 – Legal Representatives Acting as Advocates and Witnesses in the...

The British Columbia Residential Tenancy Office announced that the 2012 interest rate on security and pet damage deposits is 0.0%. The rate has remained unchanged since 2009. Security Deposit Quick Facts: In residential tenancies, a B.C. landlord can require a tenant...

The Québec Landlords Association (APQ) is offering a number of upcoming educational opportunities for landlords. For instance, the APQ is offering a seminar next week, January 23, entitled Housing Perspectives in the Region of Montreal, and the Vacancy Rates. On...

New York City officials made news earlier this year when they began posting a "Worst Landlords" list on a website, and on the popular online classified Craigslist. Recently, NYC's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, the man responsible for the Watch List, made a couple of...

New York City officials made news this year when they started posting a "Worst Landlords" list on the popular online classified Craigslist. In a statement released last week, the official responsible for NYC's Worst Landlords Watch List, Public Advocate de Blasio, ...

Episodes of HGTV’s popular property renovation program Income Properties typically focus on modernizing an old home or adding some pizzazz to a rental property. A considerably less appealing element made an appearance in one of this year’s shows: mold. Toronto's...

If there's one single rental market prediction for how to increase landlord profits in 2012, it would be an increasing demand of smoke-free rental housing. Today, the demand for smoke-free rentals is increasing faster than the supply of rental housing with no-smoking...

Q: I'm having trouble with a tenant who keeps paying rent later and later. It started out that he complained because I didn't deposit his rent checks right away. Then it was like a game for him to watch to see when I would deposit the money. Sometimes I keep the...

Axiometrics Inc., a provider of data and analysis on the apartment market, reports that rent growth was lower than expected during November, with effective rents declining 0.47% between October and November. This marked the lowest sequential growth rate of any month...