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GeneralA BC landlord who wants to move in, or move in a close family member, now gives 3 months' notice on a Three Month Notice (RTB-32L) generated on the RTB web portal. Who qualifies, the 5-unit rule, the 21-day dispute period and the compensation owed.
Safety & Scam PreventionRental scams in BC often borrow a real landlord's photos and address. Here is how landlords can make their listings hard to copy, the RTA rules that make a fake stand out, and where to report one.
Rights & LegalSaskatchewan sets no total time for an eviction, only the steps: an immediate notice once rent is 15 days or more overdue, an ORT hearing and a written decision, then a 30-day writ the sheriff enforces.
Rights & LegalIn Saskatchewan, an ORT hearing officer orders a writ of possession directed to the sheriff. It expires 30 days after it is ordered unless another date is set, and only the sheriff enforces it.
Rights & LegalAn immediate notice does not let your Saskatchewan landlord put you out. Only a sheriff with an ORT writ can. Here is how to check the notice, what paying does and does not do, and how the hearing and appeal work.
Rights & LegalField by field: how Saskatchewan landlords fill in the Immediate Notice to Vacate and Notice of Arrears (formerly Form 7), work out the arrears, serve every tenant and prove service to the ORT.
Rights & LegalSaskatchewan's residential law is The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, not The Landlord and Tenant Act. Every main rule for landlords on one page: leases, deposits, rent increases, notices, service, possession hearings and the ORT.
Market TrendsCANADA, Nov. 3, 2026: Yardi's Fall 2026 report says in-place apartment rents rose 1.7% a year to $1,790, the smallest increase since its tracking began in 2020, while new leases slipped 0.2%.
Rights & LegalEvery main right a Saskatchewan renter has under The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006: leases, the one-month deposit cap, 12 months' notice of rent increases, entry, repairs, evictions and taking a dispute to the ORT (formerly the Rentalsman).
Maintenance & RepairsSaskatchewan landlords must keep rentals in good repair and fit for habitation, including heating, plumbing and appliances; tenants keep units clean and fix damage they cause. Here is who fixes what and how the ORT enforces it.
Rights & LegalSaskatchewan tenancy disputes go to the Office of Residential Tenancies (formerly the Rentalsman): apply online, pay a non-refundable $50 fee, serve the hearing notice, and get a written decision after a phone hearing.
Rights & LegalEvicting a tenant for unpaid rent in Saskatchewan: wait out the 15 days, serve the Immediate Notice to Vacate and Notice of Arrears, apply to the ORT for possession, and let a sheriff enforce the writ.
Rights & LegalIn BC, a landlord must offer the tenant two opportunities for the move-out inspection, the second on the RTB-22 Notice of Final Opportunity. Here is how to schedule both, serve the notice in time and protect the deposit claim.
Rights & LegalEvery dwelling rented for 30 consecutive days or less in Edmonton needs its own Residential Rental Accommodation (Short-Term) business licence, an approved Operational Plan and the licence number on every ad. Here is what the City asks for, what it costs and what the fines are.
Safety & Scam PreventionIn BC, smoke alarms are mandatory in every rental unit and the landlord installs, tests and maintains them, while the tenant must not disable them and must report problems. Carbon monoxide alarms are recommended rather than required. Here is who does what.
Platform & ProductBC rental property managers must keep a record of each tenant's security and pet damage deposits. Here is how to set up deposit tracking across a portfolio in Tenon10 so every deposit, its date and its return deadline are in one place.
Moving & SettlingA room-by-room move-in inspection checklist for Alberta rentals, with the statements every report must contain under AR 211/2004 s.4 and the one-week timing in RTA s.19.
Rights & LegalAn Alberta landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed term lease of a year or more, whatever the lease says. Here is when rent can go up, at renewal and on back-to-back short terms.
Rights & LegalWhat an Alberta landlord can and cannot take from a security deposit: the lease conditions, the wear-and-tear rule, the inspection report bar on damage deductions and the 10-day return, with a worked example.
Safety & Scam PreventionA BC rental scam usually asks for money before you have seen the unit or signed a tenancy agreement. Here are the warning signs the RCMP and the Competition Bureau list, the BC rules a real landlord follows, and where to report.
Maintenance & RepairsIn a rent-controlled Ontario unit, a furnace or heat-pump replacement can support an above-guideline increase through the LTB, capped at 3% a year. What qualifies, how it is calculated, and the limits.
News & Policy UpdatesREGINA, Oct. 28, 2026: A Regina eviction dispute is in the news. Here is how Saskatchewan evictions work, from notice and dispute to the ORT hearing and the sheriff.
News & Policy UpdatesTORONTO, Oct. 27, 2026: Olivia Chow leads Toronto's unofficial mayoral count with 54.16% and all polls reporting. City rental bylaws and Ontario's rent rules do not change with the vote.
Rights & LegalEdmonton tenancies follow Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act. The City adds permit rules for secondary suites and a business licence for short-term rentals of 30 days or less.
Rights & LegalCalgary tenancies follow Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act, plus city rules for secondary suites and short-term rentals. The suite amnesty is set to end December 31, 2026.
Maintenance & RepairsCondensation and mould on rental windows: what tenants must clean, what landlords must repair, and how BC's Residential Tenancy Branch sorts out the cause.
Rights & LegalAlberta requires a move-in and a move-out inspection report with prescribed statements and signatures. Without them, a landlord cannot deduct for damage from the deposit.
Lease & AgreementsAlberta has no official lease form, but a written lease must carry one statement in larger print, and landlords owe tenants a signed copy, a notice of landlord and an inspection report on set deadlines.
GeneralWhen new windows can support an additional rent increase in BC: the Residential Tenancy Regulation tests, what is excluded, the 3% cap and what tenants can do.
Rights & LegalIn BC, a landlord who skips a condition inspection or never gives the tenant the report loses the right to claim against the deposit for damage. What you keep, and how to avoid paying double.
Rights & LegalVancouver limits short-term rentals to the unit the host lives in, and the Province's registry sits on top. What long-term landlords need to know when a tenant asks to host.
GeneralAlberta caps all deposits at one month's rent, requires a trust account within 2 banking days, and gives landlords 10 days to return the deposit. No inspection report means no damage deductions.
Rights & LegalYour rights as an Alberta renter, in the order a tenancy runs: the lease, the deposit cap, the inspection report, entry, rent increases, repairs, notices and getting your deposit back.
GeneralWhat a BC rental property management trust ledger must show under the Real Estate Services Rules, a reconciled month with two owners, a monthly routine for a portfolio, and what Tenon10's PM plan covers.
Rights & LegalA box-by-box guide to BC's Condition Inspection Report (RTB-27): the parties and dates, room codes, keys, repairs, tenant statements, agreed deductions and the copy deadlines.
Finances & BudgetingThe BC trust account rules for rental property managers: deposits in, fees out, interest, negative balances, monthly reconciliations and the annual accountant's report.
GeneralEvery BC short-term rental needs a provincial registration number. Who registers, the $100 and $450 fees, the proof-of-residence documents, and the 14-day and 40-day deadlines.
GeneralEvery core rule for Alberta landlords on one page: leases, the one-month deposit cap, inspection reports, rent increases, entry, repairs, notices, the RTDRS and deposit returns.
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.
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.
GeneralA workflow for property managers serving 2027 B.C. rent increases across many units, from eligibility dates to proof of service.
GeneralOne landlord writing one listing is a craft problem. Fifty listings a year across a dozen buildings is a systems problem, and the two have almost nothing in common. This is the operator's guide to listing at scale: the template architecture that keeps every ad Human Rights Code-compliant without a lawyer reviewing each
GeneralA single landlord loses a fortnight and feels it. A property manager running eighty units loses a fortnight per turnover and calls it normal — because nobody has ever put a portfolio number on it. This is the operator's guide to vacancy days: where they actually accumulate across a portfolio (rarely where owners think)
GeneralPost a well-priced unit in a decent Ontario market and you will not get three enquiries — you will get forty, most of them within the first forty-eight hours, most of them one line long, and a meaningful share of them from people who will never reply again. This is the triage system: how to structure the listing so the
Tools & EvaluationsThe listing process is full of jobs a free tool does better than willpower — pricing sanity checks, photo prep, description drafting, deposit math, scam checks, and the paperwork around a signed lease. Here's the honest toolkit for Ontario landlords: the free tools worth bookmarking for each job in the listing workflow
Screening & ApplicationsThe rental application is the one screening document you design in advance — and Ontario law effectively writes its table of contents: five authorized information categories, a written consent block for the credit check, and a short list of fields that should never appear (starting with the SIN line most template forms
Rights & LegalThe short answer: Ontario has no provincial licence for renting out residential property. The complete answer is why the question stays confusing — licensing is municipal, and three different licence types now share the word: ordinary rental licensing in some cities, renoviction licensing in Hamilton, Toronto, and Otta
Rights & LegalAs of July 24, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., every Tribunals Ontario Portal notification to LTB applicants, respondents, and other parties comes from a new address — [email protected] — replacing the old ontario.ca sender. If your inbox rules, safe-sender list, or spam filter still expect the old address, hearing
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