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Dealing With Professional Tenants

Professional Tenants Understand the System If you aren’t familiar with the term, you would think a professional tenant is just someone with no intent on ever owning and intending on staying a tenant forever. Talk to a landlord who has … Continue reading

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When Being a Landlord Sucks

The Police Called About a Tenant It was about 11:30 this morning when the police officer called me. I had already signed one new tenant into a shared accommodation and another out and was in the process of fixing two … Continue reading

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No One Saw It Coming – The Aftermath

As with many of my tenant stories, we never really know what triggered someone going slightly off or believing they could do what ever they wished. It seems this holds true with this story as well. Karen and I went … Continue reading

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He Never Saw That Coming!

I hope you have been enjoying this story so far, if you haven’t read part 1, which was titled I Never Saw That Coming, you really need to start there; otherwise, it’s just not as much fun! You can go … Continue reading

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Pissed Off at Tenants

This post has been a long time coming, so let me back track a bit for you. It was during 2009 my former business partner managed to find some contacts within Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) that needed housing for … Continue reading

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Courthouse – Part 2

Want to know how to waste two hours of your time? Get subpoenaed as a witness and then discover that the officer neglected to update you that the court date changed, that’s how. What a pisser as I had things … Continue reading

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Bad Tenant – Off to The Courthouse!

OK, just so you know, this isn’t even an eviction. I had a tenant “allegedly” steal a vehicle from another tenant last year at knife point. I know, I get to deal with great people. Worse yet, this was part … Continue reading

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Am I Biased? Would You Rent to Them?

It seems like wingnuts are flying off the shelf these days and I am receiving even more content for a potential book about tenant stories. Here is the email I received the other day in response to one of my … Continue reading

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Collecting From Evicted Tenants

Although some people have had success with collecting money from evicted tenants, unless the outstanding amount owed is over a couple thousand dollars you may be better off letting it go.

The time and energy you waste trying to collect could probably better serve you by spending extra time finding and screening for exceptional tenants to replace the less than stellar former inhabitants. For those of you looking to collect, though here is some information to help you with the process of either garnishing a former tenant’s wages, or potentially seizing tenant’s assets to pay outstanding deb. Continue reading

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