Thanks! These are all very helpful responses. This has been a difficult process confirming their information. One big concern is the current landlord will not call me back! I asked the prospective tenants for an email and got that. So sent off a message to current landlord by email marked...

This is the situation. An unmarried couple in their late 30`s applied to rent one of our properties. The details on each are: She: - long time stable job with fairly high income which I have confirmed. - good reference from her previous landlord where she was a tenant for 3 years. - good...

We are looking for a tenant for a property in Kelowna and have used Kijiji with good results in the past. This year though, it is much slower and we`d like to advertise the property on other rental websites as well. Does anyone know what is another popular website we could use in addition to...

I`d call B.C. Gov. Residential Tenancy Branch or go to their website and get the Fact Sheet RTB-114: the tennent refused to pay rent the last month of her tennancy told us we could keep her damage deposit as rent. we told her this is not possible so for the rest of the month she refused to pay...

Ok, just to be clear about what happened.............. These people didn`t even fill out an application form. They made an an initial inquiry advising of the number in their family and the number and kind of pets they had. It didn`t get farther than this! So........ are you all saying that...

QUOTE (investmart @ Jul 28 2009, 08:20 PM) let`s salute to whoever mentioned something like "we decided to rent to someone else". that`s the best answer Terry and you will hopefully receive less "feedback on your performance" in the future. GL! BTW, I`ve seen a dead cat on my way home today. was...

We had an email inquiry about renting one of our properties. It is for a family of 4 - women and her boyfriend, 2 children aged 5 yrs and 10 months. They have 3 pets as well - a chihuahua dog and 2 kittens they claim are very well trained. We are not totally against pets but know that it can...

Okay and thanks everyone!! My vague suspicions are less vague now. I agree with almost all the posts. I think the income is unpredictable and I also think they want us to disappear after we hand over the keys. Maybe to conduct some illegal activity. Backing onto a busy street is not great...

We are advertising a house for rent in Calgary on Kijiji. We`ve turned away a few already because of too many pets and/or too many people/too many children, etc. But we are considering renting to a couple with no children but they have 2 declawed middle aged cats. We aren`t too concerned...

QUOTE (thomasbeyer2000 @ Jul 10 2009, 11:20 AM) break it and get a LOC (and not a mortgage) @ prime - 0.5% for up to 80% LTV ! Which lenders are offering LOC`s for prime -0.5% ? I want to get one!

The "Peter on CTV" link doesn`t work. At least not for me ........

Thanks for the input. The form is for a lease that expires August 31st and by mutual agreement are looking at terminating August 15th. They bought a house with possession Aug. 1 and we want in a couple weeks early to repaint the place before the end of the month. Works for both sides so will...

Looking for an Early Termination of Lease form for Alberta. Can`t see one in the critical forms section. Is there such a form? Thanks,

QUOTE (EricBodin @ Mar 5 2009, 08:58 PM) Hi everybody, I have a condo in downtown Vancouver (Yaletown area) with a very good tenant (not a single problem so far) but the 1 year lease comes to an end soon. I was wondering, under the BC regulation, what the max rental increase percentage could be...

QUOTE (MichaelGrekul @ Feb 11 2009, 10:17 AM) I have been informed by a client of mine that has an existing HELOC with BMO that he has received notice that BMO is changing his HELOC from floating at prime rate to floating at prime plus 2%. Has anyone else heard of this practice and is anyone...

Fantastic achievement, Gregg! Congratulations on your multiple awards - all well deserved! Sounds like you have a great support system (Nicole) behind you too - obviously a smart move . QUOTE (gregg @ Dec 8 2008, 06:32 AM) Wow, What a year its been! You may recall my success story started...

The deal does include an extra 1 billion to Quebec. (Google it and you will get the news stories on it.) QUOTE (AlanHunt @ Dec 3 2008, 03:34 PM) I have been reading and listening to talk radio for 3 days now and this is what I have been able to discern as the major points to the "Coalition...

You might find this post from Peter Kinch`s office helpful:From November 18, 2008We have been recommending VRM`s to our clients for almost 2 years now. Currently, VRM`s are a very good option, but you should pay really close attention to the level of the fixed rates in about 6 to 12 months...

Our TD variable rate mortgage payment changes and so does our FLF mortgage payment change. It all depends on which mortgage product you have! QUOTE (C2Ventures @ Oct 21 2008, 02:10 PM) We have found that Scotia payments adjust as rates change, whereas RBC, TD and others, the payments stay...

I think it might matter if the deposit is called a Damage Deposit in which case the deposit can only be used for damages. If it called a Security Deposit then it can be used for damage or rent or whatever. Not sure about this though and may depend on what province your property is in...