Tag: real estate
What Real Estate Agents Can and Can’t Talk About
When you're shopping for a home, your real estate agent expects that you'll have questions, but are you asking questions they can legally answer? This guest blog from Justin Havre, a Calgary real estate agent, explains what real estate agents...
What Can a Landlord Deduct from Your Security Deposit?
Landlords must return your security deposit in full if they don’t have any damages to repair, regardless of your renting experience with them. This post has a list of things they can and can’t deduct from your deposit, to help...
5 Things You Can’t Include in Your Residential Lease
Property and landlord-tenant laws can be a little tricky sometimes. There are some landlords and property managers who don’t construct their Residential Lease Agreements with complete legality because they either don’t understand the law or they are purposefully being unlawful....
What is a Lien?
You may have heard the term “lien” thrown around, particularly in the context of debt collection. But what is a lien? How do you file one, and how do you get rid of one? Take a look at our answers...
9 Expert Legal Tips for New Landlords
Expert landlords and property managers give their best legal tips for managing residential rental property and the tenants who come with it in this guest post by Jessica Thiefels.
Curious about Cohousing?
You may have heard the term “cohousing,” but do you know what it truly entails? Find out in this post.