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...
by Natalka Falcomer | Dec 15, 2016 | Advice for Agents
A large source of landlord and tenant conflict stems from the Operating Costs clause; a critical clause that is used to determine how much Additional Rent is charged to the tenant. This clause is brutal to read and causes confusion. The common solution: ignore it and...
by Matt Maurer | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured, News
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a provision of the Mortgages Act, which allows lenders to set aside tenancy agreements for the purpose of taking possession of real property, does not conflict with the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA) and can be used by...
