by Avi Rosen | Jun 24, 2019 | Legal Issues
Many agents come to our office with this problem. The agent has executed an Agreement of Purchase and Sale while there is a tenant on the premises and the purchaser wants vacant possession. We were initially retained to defend a client on a matter of unauthorized...
by Harry Fine | May 16, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
It should never have happened this way. It’s true that written tenancy agreements for Ontario’s residential landlords have been confusing and inconsistent. Many leases are jam-packed with illegal clauses, confusing provisions and in some cases, there is no written...
by Chris Seepe | Mar 16, 2018 | Featured
Most Ontario private residential landlords must start using Ontario’s new Standard (Form of) Lease agreement (SLA) on April 30. All other current rental/lease agreements (such as the one provided by OREA) are no longer valid. SLA is fraught with hidden perils for real...
by Chris Seepe | Jul 14, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
Tenants may think the government is looking out for tenant interests, but if that was true there would be no pandemic housing shortage, multiple offers, outrageous selling prices, extremely low vacancy rates, high rental tenant property taxes and eight-year affordable...
by Matt Maurer | Oct 25, 2016 | Columnists, Legal Issues
A recent decision demonstrates just how easy it is for residential tenants to game the system and live rent free. The tenant entered into a one year lease for a residential premises in mid-town Toronto. The lease started March 1, 2015 and the monthly rent was...
