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GeneralKamloops landlords need a city business licence for some long-term setups and every short-term rental. Here are the city's rules from May 2025 and the BC tenancy rules on top.
GeneralRichmond treats any stay under 90 days as short-term and licenses it two ways, both tied to the operator's home. Long-term rentals follow BC's Residential Tenancy Act.
GeneralNanaimo licenses short-term rentals only in the operator's own home, suite or carriage house, with guest and parking limits. Long-term tenancies follow BC's Residential Tenancy Act.
Taxes & DeductionsHow the US and Canada both tax a Canadian's US rental: the 30% default, the net-basis election and 1040-NR, the T776 and foreign tax credit, T1135, FIRPTA on a sale, and every deadline.
GeneralThe provincial and City of Surrey rules for landlords: tenancy law, secondary suite registration and fees, short-term rental limits and the speculation tax.
GeneralHow the BC Residential Tenancy Branch uses Policy Guideline 40's useful-life table to value damage claims, with common figures and a worked example.
GeneralThe 12 months' rent penalty under BC's Residential Tenancy Act s.51(2): when it applies, what excuses it, and how a former tenant claims it.
GeneralHow BC's Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act works for park owners and pad tenants: deposits, rent increases, selling a home in a park, and park closures.
GeneralWhat BC landlords and tenants need to know when a rented home is sold: showings, the buyer's written request, the Three Month Notice (RTB-32P) and deposits.
Rights & LegalA BC manufactured home park conversion needs all permits first, 12 months' notice on RTB-31 and $20,000 to each tenant by the effective date. Tenants have 15 days to dispute.
Moving & SettlingMoving to Alberta from Ontario or BC? Rent has no cap, deposits can be a full month, inspections are mandatory and fixed-term leases simply end. Here is what changes, section by section.
Market TrendsCMHC's October 2025 Rental Market Survey, city by city: two-bedroom average rents, the same-unit rent change and vacancy rates across BC, and what the numbers mean for landlords and renters.
Neighbourhood & LocationWhat a Victoria landlord needs on top of BC's Residential Tenancy Act: the City's rental licences, its Rental Property Standards of Maintenance Bylaw and smoke alarm bylaw, the provincial speculation and vacancy tax, and what CMHC's 2025 survey says about rents.
Taxes & DeductionsEvery Vancouver home needs an Empty Homes Tax declaration each year. Here is how the 3% tax works for the 2025 reference year, the dates the City has posted, and how a rental qualifies as occupied.
Taxes & DeductionsEvery owner on title of residential property in a BC taxable area declares for the speculation and vacancy tax by March 31, even when no tax is owed. Here is who declares, the 2026 and 2027 rates, and how a rental qualifies for the tenancy exemption.
Taxes & DeductionsThe five taxes a BC landlord meets: federal income tax on rent, the provincial speculation and vacancy tax, Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax, property transfer tax and the BC home flipping tax, with the 2026 rates and deadlines.
Neighbourhood & LocationWhat a Vancouver landlord needs beyond the Residential Tenancy Act: the City's long-term rental business licence, the Empty Homes Tax and provincial speculation tax declarations, the 2026 cooling rule, and what CMHC's 2025 survey says about rents.
Rights & LegalA BC landlord may enter a rental unit only in six situations, most often with 24 hours' written notice. Here is what the notice must say, how to time it, and what each side can do when rules are broken.
Rights & LegalOntario's 2027 guideline is 1.9%; BC's limit is 2.2%. Rent increases, deposits, entry and unpaid-rent notices compared side by side for owners with rentals in both provinces.
Rights & LegalEvery ground for a BC One Month Notice for Cause, how to set the effective date, what the RTB-33 needs, service and deemed receipt, the tenant's 10-day window and enforcing an order of possession.
GeneralIn BC you cannot evict for renovations with a notice. Here is what section 49.2 requires, how the RTB reads 'requires vacancy', and what you owe the tenant.
Rights & LegalWhen BC condition inspections must happen, how to offer two opportunities, what the report must contain, the 7- and 15-day copy deadlines, and what each side loses by skipping them.
GeneralWho needs a BCFSA licence to manage rentals in BC, the licence levels and exemptions, how licensing works, and the service-agreement and record rules that follow.
GeneralWhere BC's principal residence requirement applies, short-term rentals are limited to the host's home plus one suite or accessory unit. Here is where it applies, what registration costs and what breaches cost.
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