Thanks for all of your thoughts. I made a compromise and paid her out partially. She is OK with the result and it wasn't too big of a pill for me to swallow.

A little help please... in a bit of a pickle. I have a tenant whose lease just expired and she moved out yesterday. She's quite unruly with me because I would not refund her pet deposit and is telling me she is going to take me to small claims court. I told her right from the start that pet...

@ Fisher1 ~ good point, deserved the worry @ Thomas ~ AB It worked out OK in the end. Thanks

New "tenant" and I sign a lease agreement a few weeks ago, to begin today... "Tenant" pays me partial Security deposit to hold the place and will pay the balance next payday, sic Last Friday. I attempt to contact him last Friday, and again today ~ supposed move-in day ~ and can't get hold of...

Thanks for the advice all... turns out this was just meant to be a learning experience :(

My tenant of one year is moving out at the end of this month, and has refused to pay the last month stating they are using the security deposit to pay that, and I've just learned that the late June payment has bounced. I spoke to him tonight and he states he's in overdraft at the bank ("bank's...

The tenants have been paying the utilities but I guess my concern is that there may be an uproar when i tell them/show them they owe me $1000. I can pay the bill up front no problem but should I try and have the tenants pay it back to me in monthly installments or should I eat this for now/split...

So I've just gone and switched to Easymax for an up/down bungalow rental. Shortly after making the change I get a bill from Enmax showing that I now owe nearly $1000 for water and wastewater disposal! Yikes!! I call Enmax and ask what gives and it turns out that I have not been being billed for...

Sorry, not my line of work, but I do take an interest in it as I know a few `advisors`. My take on this field is that often the advisors are forced to sell inferior `product` in order to make better commissions rather than selling better product that would actually be of more benefit their...

Thanks to everyone for the input. Your words and positive experiences bring me some comfort.

So I`ve got my first place, suited bungalow with detached garage and I think things are going quite well. I will be advertising the basement by the end of next week after I have new bigger egress windows installed. I`ve signed a 1 year lease with a professional couple for both the main floor and...

QUOTE (JimWhitelaw @ Jun 3 2010, 10:39 AM) ... we screen carefully for compatibility between tenants in a shared house. How do you go about doing this?

If you have a suited bungalow, please let me know how you deal with the utility bills for the tenants. Does one tenant have the home utilities in their name and the other tenant pay them? Do you put the utilities in your own name or business and have both tenants pay a ratio (ie: 55% up, 45%...

Here is the rentfaster.ca version. It is generating a fair bit of interest - 141 views and 3 showings lined up so far. http://www.rentfaster.ca/Calgary-Apartment...VNUSU5HNTIwODU=

Thanks Everyone! The input is much appreciated. I wrote this ad based on the rentfaster.ca format, so price, pets, utils, etc will definitely be included in the ad along with a whole lot of pictures. Cheers.