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photon · 06-04-2011, 02:35 PM

Just keep in mind that you can't ask ethnicity nor deny a tenant on the basis of ethnicity, that can land you in a heap of trouble.

If I deny a tenant I never tell them why, I just say "we decided to go with a different application sorry".

Most of the time it's not that bad, but there are professional tenants out there who know the system and know how to work it, and getting the wrong tenant in can take YEARS to get them out.

And by the same token there's so many crap landlords out there, please don't become another one. Do your homework, make sure you know the laws, know where your supposed to put the security deposit, know when the tenant can and should withold rent, all that stuff.

06-04-2011, 02:35 PM	#7
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Just keep in mind that you can't ask ethnicity nor deny a tenant on the basis of ethnicity, that can land you in a heap of trouble. If I deny a tenant I never tell them why, I just say "we decided to go with a different application sorry". Most of the time it's not that bad, but there are professional tenants out there who know the system and know how to work it, and getting the wrong tenant in can take YEARS to get them out. And by the same token there's so many crap landlords out there, please don't become another one. Do your homework, make sure you know the laws, know where your supposed to put the security deposit, know when the tenant can and should withold rent, all that stuff. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.