by Natalka Falcomer | Aug 23, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
A version of this (true) story has happened to every real estate veteran. You’ve spent years chasing a client (a landlord) and another year negotiating the offer to lease. The lease is now in the hands of the lawyers and your hard work is finally about to pay off …...
by Avi Rosen | May 23, 2017 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
If you or your family has ever lived in an apartment, you might have had to deal with a noisy neighbour. The neighbour could be playing loud music, watching television on surround sound, having late-night parties into the morning, using exercise equipment, vacuuming...
by Natalka Falcomer | Feb 8, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured
The legal marijuana business is booming and landlords are taking notice because these businesses have a solid cash flow and are able to pay a premium in rent. Too good to be true? Of course! Unless the following critical steps are taken to avoid risk. Important:...
by Doug MacCallum | Jan 24, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
It would be a win, win, win if we could just clean out all the bad tenants for the landlords across our country. We all know bad tenants can bring down neighbouring property values. You may be a landlord yourself and have clients who are landlords, or you may have...
by Matt Maurer | Jan 9, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
In what very well might be a record for living rent free, a recent case (Nwabue v Rojas, 2016 ONSC 7754 [CanLII]) illustrates how a tenant was able to freeload for over 18 months despite agreeing to an order requiring him to vacate the unit. The tenant stopped paying...
