Property Management

You've got a vacancy coming up, the application looks decent, and the next move is usually the same one every Calgary landlord makes, pull a credit file and see what turns up. That report can be helpful, but it can also send people down the wrong path if they treat it like a verdict instead of one input in a wider screening file. A credit check for tenants tells you how an applicant handles borrowed money,...

A working Alberta rental lease agreement example covers the parties, premises, term, rent, deposit, and signatures, and it has to align with the Residential Tenancies Act to be enforceable. In Alberta, that framework has governed most residential landlord-tenant relationships since May 4, 2004. If you're staring at a generic template from a US site, that's usually where the trouble starts. Calgary...