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Old 11-13-2018, 02:30 PM   #12
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Read your condo bylaws and make sure the tenant has a copy. Point out any major things in the bylaws that they need to be aware of. Also, make sure that the lease spells out that any fines or chargebacks issued by the board will be passed on to the tenant for immediate payment.

Make sure the tenant understands that living in a condo essentially means they have two landlords, you and the condo association. Their neighbours aren't just other tenants, but potentially members of the board and/or owners in the building. The Condominium Property Act actually makes it much easier for a condo association to evict a problem tenant than it is for a landlord.

Even if the condo bylaws allow smoking and/or pets, I'd put a prohibition on both in the lease.
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