Collection Check I’d bet 90% of landlords will never collect the money they are owed from their tenants. Unless their tenant wants to stay and willingly pays the rent, they won’t get a red cent from their tenant and have to pay the sheriff, mess cleanup and property damage out of their own pocket. Why Do Landlords Fail to Collect From Their Deadbeat Tenants? Most landlords simply don’t have the skills and don’t want to pay someone who does have the skills to collect money the tenant does not willingly want to pay. Most of the time you will need to find the tenant, which is the first hurdle. Pe ..read more

I’ve spent a lot of time complaining about how terrible the LTB is and someone challenged me to come up with some ways to improve the processes at the LTB to deal with the backlog and make things run smoother in the future. 1 – Many Cases Are Resolved Currently there are cases that were filed over a year ago, some are for non-payment, some are for breaches of the lease and other problems. Most are for non payment. Having said that, there are currently a large number of cases that have already resolved themselves and no longer require evictions or hearings. The tenants abandoned the property ..read more

Victims Fight Back Some of Landlord Rescue’s former tenants are in the news. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/03/03/toronto-pair-accused-of-elaborate-tenant-scam-that-police-say-spanned-10-years.html?rf&fbclid=IwAR3wp632YTeiQvEbb2l3AbdftG3IJ6OFsMt1TbwphXtY-yJFcwygCsEZklw I’ve already received calls about how to report other tenants who are running similar fraud cases… Here’s the steps these tenant’s former landlord took to bring these tenants to justice. Important to note these tenants were refining their fraud rent payment scheme over the years. When I managed them, they made payment ..read more

This sloth is cute and the Landlord & Tenant Board is not. It’s a Kafkaesque nightmare. As far as I can tell the Landlord & Tenant Board are currently working on evicting tenants that stopped paying rent before COVID even started. Jurisdiction of $35,000.00 for LTB This is not an issue that came up a lot before as the LTB was quicker. The maximum monetary amount the Landlord & Tenant Board is able to award is $35,000.00. A year’s rent adds up fast, and so landlords are ending up in front of the Adjudicator with more than $35,000.00 in rent arrears and to continue they must waive ..read more

Blah blah blah, Bill 184. Much Ado about Nothing. Yeah ok some changes but really here is the real issue. LTB Open UP We NEED TO GET THE DEADBEATS OUT So let’s be honest, 50% of the LTB cases in any given year are about some rent thief who made it past your shitty screening process and has not paid nor ever plans to pay any rent. COVID has nothing to do with it. This is just how they live and with rent prices climbing ever higher, and LTB taking longer and longer to evict making the entire scam more profitable. Most people can’t imagine moving into a place, knowing that first and last are the ..read more

At this time the Landlord & Tenant Board is only hearing “emergency applications” and clearly the adjudicators have strict orders not to evict any tenants no matter how shitty and despite any danger they pose to the landlord and other residents. It’s offensive in the extreme. Let’s start at the beginning. Here are the facts: The tenant rented this house, turned it into 16 person rooming house. The “guest” that was arrested was there changing the lock with no intention of giving the landlord a key on behalf of the tenant. Police were called because there was an assault and another “tenant ..read more

I was honored to do a podcast with Doug Hoyes with my thoughts on the rental market in the City of Toronto as we all deal with the unexpected fall out of COVID-19. I looked into my crystal ball, and time will tell if I am right or wrong ..read more

Spring PondDue to the pandemic, and all the crap associated with the pandemic we have modified our usual services in the following ways. No Contact Legal Services We can do 99% of landlord related services remotely including intake with the legal representative which can be done over video now. Just to be clear, we pretty antisocial before, and now you can’t even come to the office. No cookies for you. Landlord & Tenant Board Filings The Landlord & Tenant Board is closed for hearings and the front office is closed. No doubt the staff is working on their considerabl ..read more

Pictures of Amabie are supposed to banish the plagueDesperate Times call for Desperate Measures First step is not to panic, many tenants are still going to be ok and not everyone is affected by the COVID-19 crisis. What should you do if your tenant asks for help because they have been laid off or are out of work? The best thing to do in such a situation is to drag out your giant money bag and give some to everyone else. Unfortunately I’ve been told that most landlords do not in fact possess a giant money bag. Here’s a handy guide to responding to tenant requests for rent forgive ..read more

Amebie: Ancient Japanese Spirit. It’s image is said to end the plague.You can’t save your face and your ass at the same time These are perilous times. Lots of people have lost employment and are struggling financially, help is on the way, but the processes are overwhelmed, and payments have yet to arrive. You may or may not have an emergency fund, and let’s face it, even if you do, it may not see you through an extended state of emergency. Further, many of us have just been getting along pay check by pay check for a long time, rents have gone up, food has gone up, paychecks not so ..read more