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Landlords Ordered to Educate Tenants on Social Distancing Guidelines

by TVS | Jun 29, 2020 | Rental Property Management Tips

Threatened with the loss of rental licenses, some Boulder, Colorado landlords have been compelled to educate their tenants on social distancing guidelines. The city, home to the University of Colorado -- and infamous parties -- says pressuring landlords may be the only way to stop a spike in COVID-19 that is scaring residents and hampering the city's reopening plans. Three weeks ago, Boulder boasted the second lowest COVID-19 numbers in the state. Now, it's in the top three. That, after a...

5 Strategies for Attracting Great Tenants

by TVS | Jun 22, 2020 | Tenant Screening

When it comes to finding the best tenants, it's all about probability. If 100%...

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What You Don’t Want to Know About Your Tenants

by TVS | Jun 22, 2020 | Tenant Screening

A landlord recently took a novel approach to filling a vacancy. Rather than...

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British Columbia Extends Rental Supplement, Eviction Moratorium

by TVS | Jun 22, 2020 | Rental Property Management Tips

British Columbia is extending its temporary rental supplement payments, or...

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Can Landlord Toss Trouble-Making Roommate?

by TVS | Jan 21, 2011 | Eviction Strategies

Q: I have a four bedroom house with four individual tenants with a common lease. One tenant, who has been in the house for five years, has increasingly become a nuisance to the other tenants. The lease expires May 31, 2011. My lease agreement states she can not be...

How to Deal With a Tenant Who Hoards

by TVS | Jan 21, 2011 | Eviction Strategies

Q: We have a tenant who is a hoarder. Over the years, it is getting worse. What are my rights as a landlord?- TVS Landlord Hoarding--collecting excessive numbers of pets or possessions, is largely viewed as a mental illness related to obsessive compulsive disorder,...

Tips for Prequalifying and Prescreening Tenants

by TVS | Jan 15, 2011 | Tenant Screening

Prequalifying and prescreening tenants can help landlords hold on to their profits. Prequalifying applicants over the phone weeds out the ones who are not likely to rent the property. Prescreening before a tour can protect a landlord's safety. And working with...

New Law Requires Landlords to Pay Tenants’ Delinquent Water Bills

by TVS | Jan 14, 2011 | Rental Property Management Tips

Cambridge, Ontario landlords are angry over the city's new water billing procedures. The rules adopted by the city council go into effect this month. These changes come on the heels of a 8.9% water rate hike for 2011. The council recently voted to allow a...

Landlording 101

by TVS | Jan 14, 2011 | Tenant Screening

Joining forces with other landlords and property managers is one of the best ways for a Canadian rental property owner to maximize rental profits. Landlord associations can offer the opportunity for education, which is turn leads to profitability, without having to...

Landlord May Be Stuck With Problem Tenant

by TVS | Jan 8, 2011 | Eviction Strategies

Q: What can a landlord do to evict a tenant with an additional occupant not on the lease agreement? This tenant has removed lights from the garage that give security lighting to the upstairs tenant. He paid late (15 days) every month for a year! And that's not to...

Landlord Kidnapped While Showing Rental Property

by TVS | Jan 8, 2011 | Tenant Screening

A landlord in Berwyn, Illinois, a town of about 50,000 just east of Chicago, was found dead after falling victim to a botched kidnapping attempt. Police there have reported that the 45-year-old agreed to show a vacant apartment to another man in his late 30's. While...

Scamming Tenant Evicted Three Times

by TVS | Jan 8, 2011 | Tenant Screening

At Least Three Landlords Out Tens of Thousands of Dollars When a Sonoma County, California judge agreed to postpone an eviction hearing, a distraught former landlord yelled back at the judge in anger. She was ordered out of the courtroom. After months of legal...

Turning Up the Heat on Bedbugs: One-Time Treatment Proving Effective

by TVS | Jan 3, 2011 | Rental Property Management Tips

There's a new way to kill bedbugs that doesn't require saturating the rental property with chemicals. By turning up the heat - up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, pest control experts can eliminate both adult bedbugs and their eggs, often in just one treatment. Advantages...

The Latest Information on Ontario’s New Suite Metering Law

by TVS | Dec 29, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Ontario's new suite meter rules, which allow tenants to contract directly with a utility provider for electric service in a rental property, become effective in January. The Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board has provided information to help landlords better understand...

New Crime-Free Certification Program Aids Single Family Rental Owners, Small Landlords

by TVS | Dec 27, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Increasingly, law enforcement officials are finding that crime spreads throughout neighborhoods from apartment communities to condominium rentals and then to single family home rentals, according to the International Crime Free Association. This is especially true...

Can I Reject a Tenant Because I Don’t Think We’d Get Along?

by TVS | Dec 27, 2010 | Tenant Screening

Q: I have a mother-in-law apartment in my home. My tenant and I share the mailbox, yard, garage and laundry room. Since this is my home and we live in such close proximity, having mutual compatibility is important for both tenant and myself. Is it discriminatory to...

What Can Landlords Do About Tenants Who Pay Late?

by TVS | Dec 20, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Q: My tenant pays rent late about 30% of the time. Can I use that to get her out? - TVS Landlord Chronic late payments may be grounds for an eviction, depending on where you live. In British Columbia, a landlord can serve a 10 Day Notice to End Tenancy if the tenant...

Landlord Caught in the Middle, Faces Tough Decision

by TVS | Dec 20, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Q: I am a landlord, and I have a question regarding smoking in the rental unit. I own a house with multiple units and the tenant in the lower level continues to smoke inside even though I have asked him not to as the tenant that lives above has asthma. The lower level...

Can Friend Get Into Trouble for Posing As Prior Landlord?

by TVS | Dec 20, 2010 | Tenant Screening

Q: Is it possible for the person who is pretending to be the landlord of someone who is trying to get an apartment to get into trouble with the law? - TVS Landlord Blog Reader Yes, posing as someone you are not is dishonest. If you do it so that someone else will...

City Marks Rental Property Milestone

by TVS | Dec 20, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Abbotsford, B.C. is marking an important milestone this month: 93% of all licensed rental properties have become certified "Crime Free" properties. As a result of joining the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, fully certified properties have seen a 96% reduction in...

Is This Tenant Trying to Scam Me With a Fake Credit Report?

by TVS | Dec 13, 2010 | Tenant Screening

Q: I think I pulled the wrong credit report, because the son and the dad have the same Social Security number. Do I need to pull the credit report again? - TVS Landlord Credit reports are a tremendous benefit to landlords for tenant screening, not just to determine if...

Who Foots the Bill for Tree Trimming?

by TVS | Dec 13, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Q: We make the tenant responsible for their own lawn maintenance. If large tree limbs start to hang low and even rub the roof, posing potential for damage to shingles, is it the tenant or landlord who is responsible for cutting them? - TVS Landlord It's possible for...

Landlords Face Two New Tax Reporting Laws

by TVS | Dec 13, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Beginning in 2011, landlords will be required to issue 1099's to any service provider who receives $600 or more for work relating to the rental property. The 1099 forms will need to be submitted to the service provider, and will also be sent to the IRS. This means...

Tenant Wins Negligence Case Against Landlord: Her Attorney Explains Why

by TVS | Dec 13, 2010 | Rental Property Management Tips

Landlord Negligence Leads to Tenant Injury, $350,000 Pay Out A landlord has agreed to pay $350,000 to a tenant who was injured when she fell down the stairs. According to the woman's attorney, residents of the New York City apartment complex complained to the landlord...

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