The order was mostly all ready for pick-up on August 27th, so I picked it up and did as quick of an install as I could, so it is about as good as I can get it for now with some pieces missing (toe kick, two drawers). Homedepot was only able to give me $500 off the cost of the kitchen, that...

I'm in Manitoba, so Ikea isn't an option, I went with HD because they were very cheap ($1900). I'm thinking at this point it will be two more weeks for this to come in, so I don't think anyone can get me cabinets sooner. While I'm ready to wear my big boy pants concerning the issue of putting...

I had a tenant move out on July 17 (hoarder), I knew that the suite needed a new kitchen, the cabinets were so bad (ugly) that anyone with self respect wouldn't want to live there. I procrastinated and only ordered them on June 26 (the only cabinet sales person in the store had pushed our...

QUOTE (ThomasBeyer @ Aug 10 2010, 08:33 PM) Buy a small house or townhouse for $100,000 with 5% down. Preferably ugly .. so you can fix it up and enhance value even more over time with a new kitchen, new bathroom, new roof ... Live in it. Likely it will be worth more in 5-6 years .. say 20 to...

QUOTE (Sherilynn @ Aug 3 2010, 01:42 PM) Please always include the province in your post. That helps ensure that you get relevant answers. My next question is how many people occupy the upper suite. This is important for two reasons: 1) Houses, especially older ones, are not usually designed...

QUOTE (spark1 @ Jul 29 2010, 11:09 AM) Hi all, I have a tenant who rents an unfurnished room in the basement, all utilities included. He has been renting for only three months but already 4 ceiling bulbs had to be replaced. He keeps asking that I buy the bulbs for him. So far I did, but it gets...

Fun stuff! There WAS an old barn on my yard when I bought my place, we called our councelor and the fire chief and got it all cleared then one nice March afternoon before the snow melted we lit it up. It was very interesting how it burnt, we started it at one end and it burnt that end down...

QUOTE (BrianPersaud @ Jul 22 2010, 02:20 PM) Meters are more likely slow down as they get older. I don`t think he ment the meter is faulty, just that one of his circuits in the house is running a little "hot" and this would be a way to find which one it is.

QUOTE (willy @ Jul 21 2010, 08:48 PM) So, I'm thinking that if that house has the old style hydro meter with the wheel that turns, it's spinning pretty good. What I'd do, some afternoon when I've got some time, is go to the breaker box, turn off a breaker, check the wheel to see if it's slowed...

Yup, our government has it all figured out, put more restrictions on landlords and we will want to open more suites for rent

I think I will try to make it to this meeting. About this poll, what would be offered for this REIN event?

Is an electric insert an option? I would even look at those before gas for a rental.

QUOTE (housingrental @ Jun 1 2010, 11:39 AM) I personally prefer and use wood For a rental there`s no question - Gas I second this, I`m putting a wood fireplace into the new house I want to build. But in a rental, its gas all the way. Everything in a rental should be low maintaince.

The best place to go with these questions is to your RTB, I find most often your questions will be anwsered on their web site, it is hard for a forum to anwser these questions when we are from all across Canada. Here goes my question, if you ask a tenant to move out for renovations, and at the...

QUOTE (HandyAndy @ May 23 2010, 11:24 PM) Funny thing is, as a renter, I have had landlords that do not take advantage of the rent increases available to them. I`ve lived in duplexes where the landlord doesn`t increase the rent for years, perhaps thinking a bird in the hand is better than...