Home 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 ArticleMayor Naheed Nenshi Thinks Calgary’s Landlords Need To Take It Down A Chevron
Mayor Naheed Nenshi is a great mayor. The majority of Calgarians think so. He’s a responsive and witty guy, and clearly he’s doing something right. I’m personally quite fond of him too – especially...
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 ArticleTenant Assured Isn’t What Landlords Need
British data mining startup Score Assured has developed a system that claims to accurately determine a person’s financial and personal worthiness based on their social media reputation and history. The...
View ArticlePerfect Storm For Landlords in Alberta
The slow down in the oil patch is affecting Alberta’s major city residential landlords. Seriously. The market was once quite hot. Now…not so much. CBC reported a doubling of the vacancy rate late last...
View ArticleLandlords Have Legitimate Issues with Canada’s Half Baked Legislation
The Federal government didn’t bother to get into specifics on upcoming marijuana legislation. The tabled cannabis law proposes allowing Canadians to grow 4 plants per person at home – whether they own...
View ArticleReport Reveals Renting From Small Landlords Is Cheaper
Big news from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation! They released their Housing Market Insight report at the beginning of the month. Individual investors and private corporations own about 90...
View ArticleCriminal Fraudsters Too Often Effectively Game Provincial Legislation
The eviction process in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Quebec typically takes between 3½ to five months. Due diligence is an absolute essential. Go Public published a really interesting story this week about...
View ArticleQuebec Landlords Introduce No Weed Clauses In Leases
July 1st, 2018 marks the day the drug will be legal, but landlords are taking steps to ban smoking and growing pot in units which fuels what will ultimately be a national debate Under Quebec’s proposed...
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