Landlords, Tenants, and Floods. This Is For You Alberta.
Came across this great piece at Law Now, that touches on the mess that Alberta’s floods have wreaked on both landlords and tenants in the province. The Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta has...
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A Little Glimpse Into Why We’re Doing This…
Two years ago, we all teamed up in Vancouver with two things. A revelation and an idea. The revelation was that we knew that the web could make what we considered to be the thankless job of being a...
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The Continuing Saga Of A Basement Apartment Renovation
So the continuing saga of my basement apartment renovation moves forth. I say continuing saga because it feels like a journey to Mordor. Since my last post about this, I’ve managed to get a lot done....
View ArticleIt’s Time To Give Secondary Suite Landlords A Break
Landlords aren’t just people who own multi families and apartment buildings. Secondary suite landlords are numerous in Canada and the United States, and it’s on the rise. I’m going to give a bit of...
View ArticleWhy Landlords Need To Change Their Perspective On Energy Efficiency
Came across this great piece about two Chicago landlords who decided that energy efficiency was going to be a central focus on their investment. Sandeep Sood and his wife own Chicago’s Jeffery Parkway...
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The End Of A Basement Apartment Renovation
Well….it’s done. 3 months, $33,000 later, and about 700 views on this video – the basement apartment from hell has been transformed. Check out the gallery of before – midway – and after images I’ve...
View ArticleUse A Move In Inspection Report, Already. Geez.
Caught this hot piece on the Globe and Mail today. A little ditty called “How To Steer Clear Of Bad Tenants”. In it – the move in inspection report is cited as the second most important document...
View ArticleAlberta Freeman On The Land Makes Life Difficult For Alberta Pensioner Landlord
Every landlord needs to be made aware of this situation. I read this piece in the Huffington Post today, and it made me quite angry. It ups the game in professional tenancy and redefines people taking...
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Freemen On The Land Is Not So Free After All
As reported earlier this weekend, Andreas Pirelli (a.k.a. Andreas Antonacci) was arrested and removed from Rebekah Caverhil’s duplex after a being ordered to evict the premises by the court of the...
View ArticleOttawa Couple Face Eviction Over Autistic Son’s Wall Shaking Noise
Add this to the “difficult situation” file and try coming to a conclusion on how you feel about this one after hearing the whole story. The Ottawa Citizen reported parents Keri Oastler and John From...
View ArticleAcorn Calls For Burnaby Standards Of Maintenance Bylaw
Burnaby, British Columbia renters require more protection against landlords who don’t keep their rental units safe and healthy, says ACORN Canada. The reason? Landlords are sometimes keeping their...
View ArticleLandlords Are Getting Pooched By Utility Companies
Let’s be honest. We’re all kind of getting pooched by utility companies. With that said, it’s clearly a dog’s breakfast in New Brunswick, where everyone is paying 8 times what people are paying in...
View ArticleProfessional Tenants Royally Screw Multiple B.C. Landlords
CBC ran an exclusive story this morning on two highly professional tenants who are working the system in a huge way in British Columbia. Susan and Chris Perret, have lived nearly rent-free in at least...
View Article6th Time’s a Charm For Deadbeat Tenants!
Susan and Chris Perret have been served with an eviction notice again — the sixth time in two years and only one day after the CBC first broke the story on these two. Cara Falconer said she rented to...
View ArticleLandlord Sues Grow Op Operators For Destroying The Place!
A landlord in Calgary is suing former tenants for $105,000 after police discovered a grow-op in the rental property in 2011, which caused extensive damage to the house. David Gin and Michelle Chen were...
View ArticleYukon’s Landlords Get A Break
Landlords in Yukon got a break recently with a decision by the government to cancel a 13 million dollar affordable rental housing program in what is already a highly crowded rental market. Terry Bergen...
View ArticleHome Insurance Industry Kicks Montreal Landlord To The Curb After Repair
Montreal property owner Sari Buksner is in the midst of a nightmare of sorts, courtesy of her insurance company, and she’s yet to wake up from it. Back in 2012, one of her tenants alerted her to a leak...
View ArticleArkansas: Bad For Tenants…But Is It Good For Landlords?
The U.S. state of Arkansas was recently featured in an excellent Vice News piece on what tenants in Bill Clinton’s home pasture deal with when they rent. The piece – entitled “Arkansas” The Worst Place...
View ArticleWhat Is Up With Mayors and Mayor Hopefuls Piping Up About Landlords?
I don’t get it. Naheed Nenshi told Calgary’s landlords to be “ethical” last week and not gouge tenants. Ok fine. Now -Toronto mayoral hopeful Olivia Chow is on the campaign trail saying she’s going to...
View ArticleOntario’s Landlord & Tenant Act Has More Holes Than A Block of Swiss Cheese.
I’m pretty sick and tired of hearing the variety of gripes about landlords. Very few people like landlords and it’s easy as pie to pick on them. Too easy. As a matter of fact, I’m going to take it a...
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