It sounds like your ex-tenant is attempting to use the trust account issue as leverage. I am interested in a follow up to your post. I agree with other posters. Simply provide a full summary of deductions, a print out of the Alberta Gov`t website that calculates the interest and mail your...

Not sure why we need train that will only benefit Edmonton ... ha ha This reminds me of a Simpson`s episode when Springfield built their own train.

QUOTE (samcansam @ Jun 14 2009, 12:47 AM) Thank you. I`ll call the landlord tenancy board to get an advice. I caution you to not treat information from this service as fact. Like many services in Alberta, workers are under-trained. This service has provided many of my tenants with wrong...

We place no value on a reference from a previous landlord. My story is that I lied to a prospective landlord to get a tenant out of my place. They got the place and I got vacant possession. A few years ago, at the actual top of the market, we were trying to sell a house. The lease was up...

I`m interested in hearing what your risk might be. I would not respond to your evicted tenant. I hope you have engaged a Sheriff to enforce the eviction. You may require a writ of possession if they tenant does not leave.

QUOTE (koop @ Jun 9 2009, 08:52 AM) WOW, REIN is like a mob, that poor, poor lady will be living under a bridge in a couple days and we just all laugh. Did she live in Alberta in the past? This sounds like one of my buddies past tenants. I think the idea that this lady may live under a bridge...

I stopped reading the "hard-luck" story in the second sentence. You are running a business. Our analysis of tenants who don`t have a security deposit in full right away have a significantly lower representation in our "A" class of tenants. If you are looking for advice? Do not start a...

This is amazing! Check out you tube to see how to open a lock without the matching key. Check out the other demonstrations on how to bump a lock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xkkS2p7SuQ...feature=related Anyone thought of using a new locking system? If this works and I assume it does, I...

Hello All, I believe I have a cat urine problem in my main floor suite. There are carpets the main floor is vacant. Please advise me on what I need to do? From the posts, I think this is what I need to try. 1. Get a black light and determine where the urine is. 2. Maybe replace the...

QUOTE (TerryKruse @ Feb 12 2009, 11:17 AM) A quote from the Calgary Herald was: "The fifth count alleges the landlords failed to ensure a smoke detector in the basement suite had a permanent connection to an alarm in the upstairs dwelling. That regulation requiring interconnected smoke...

Anyone have any recommendations on smoke alarms?? What I think I`m looking for: hardwired --radio communication between units as it is more expensive and very difficult to feed wires in a retrofitmaybe a CO2 sensor? - but it probally won`t matter if the sensor is on the ceiling as CO2 is a heavy...

QUOTE (mcgregok @ Feb 10 2009, 04:35 PM) Cash flow over peoples lives. You must be kidding? Mcgregok - you seem to know more than what the is in the paper. Or you seem to be preaching. I don`t know anything about the event other than what is in the paper. And I encourage everyone to never...

Where are you? In AB, you are owed the lease commitment. If you choose to re-rent the premises during the term of the departing tenants lease, the tenant would only be on the hook for the delta, if you had to re-rent for less (plus reasonable expenses advertising etc.) If you re-rented for...

Don mentioned a GPS system that would be used as a log book for CRA requirements- Any one have experience with this? Any recommendations? It sounds like a great system that will stand up to a CRA auditors questions.

Thomas, I agree with your pro-Alberta statement, except for the low tax. Ed`s Royalty tax grab has made AB less attractive for new exploration compared to BC and Sask. This will send new projects to BC and Sask. Ed has not yet felt any politcial heat from this ill conceived royalty review.

This is an interesting read on AIG - (it was emailed to me) Something very strange is happening in the US financial markets. And I can show you what it is and what it means... If September didn`t give you enough to worry about, consider what will happen to real estate prices as unemployment...

Good article. But it is just a "newspaper article". As many of us who have delt with the media -it is rare they get a story right even when you spoon feed them the article- I would not use a newspaper to garner any REAL economic fundatmentals. If one is concerned or scared about future demand...

What ever happened to Global Cooling? Seriously, when did people stop buying this concept? This really concerned me in the 80`s. David Suzuki was hard selling this concept and I understand his massive home in Vancouver was paid for by the proceeds of his good salesmanship. Any insights on...

All my houses have our PO Box listed on title. Your situation seals the case for this. I had a "suspected" drug dealer across the street from one of my houses. I called the police a few times and sent a letter to the owner; I did not see any results. I than sent letters and made phone calls...