While LandlordBC offers its members a comprehensive, proprietary tenancy agreement template, the often-unfortunate reality is that many landlords still end up using either the standard residential tenancy agreement publicly available on the Residential Tenancy Branch’s (RTB) website coupled with an addendum or their own custom tenancy agreement template obtained from [...]
Aging tenants can present their own set up benefits as well as challenges and in recognition of this there are special rights/processes that are available through the Residential Tenancy Act. Recently the Residential Tenancy Branch published its new regulations on ending tenancies in special circumstances, this change included a provision [...]
In Vancouver and the greater surrounding area, it is common to see a residential property undergo renovations from time to time. We have all heard the construction horror stories where excessive noise and limited access to services in the building can drive a tenant nuts. I have had cases where [...]
Many residential landlords continue to face issues with their tenants’ medical marijuana grow operations. A recently published article in the media highlighted a tenant’s ability to obtain a license from Health Canada to grow medical marijuana without any prior consultation with the landlord. While the focus of the article paints [...]
I often receive questions from landlords asking what information they can request from their tenants and prospective tenants. This issue is becoming even more relevant with the influx of refugees seeking rental accommodation in British Columbia. For the purpose of this article, the term tenants include prospective tenants. BC Personal [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Avoiding mistakes in your estate planning could save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes and years of expensive lawsuits after you die. If you own and invest in apartment buildings, you need to avoid these 5 disastrous estate planning mistakes. As an example, take landlords Betty and Jim. [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class="listspacing"]The tenant’s peace and quiet enjoyment of rented premises is one of the cornerstones of the landlord and tenant relationship. This can be extended to ensuring that the premises are safe, but providing rental accommodation and adjoining premises that are free from criminal activity is an obligation that will [...]
You are a landlord who has been dealing with a difficult tenant and have just received a favorable decision from the Residential Tenancy Branch granting you possession of the tenant’s unit on a certain date. You are surprised to then receive a petition filed in the Supreme Court of British [...]
At the time of writing this article, the bulk of the post-secondary students will have returned to their respective institutions for fall classes. Renting to students can be particularly lucrative as a landlord may be able to rent individual rooms in a house at an aggregate rate greater than renting [...]
It is not uncommon to come across articles in the media telling us the sad story of families or individuals who have lost everything to fire or theft and are unable to recover because they do not have any insurance. It seems to be all too common that renters decide [...]
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