Category Archive for 'Landlords'

The Niagara Rents forum will launch on November 1st, 2009. Register and chat with other Landlords and Tenants.
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Source: St. Catharines Standard
A historic hotel-turned-student residence is on the market under power of sale — but the owner isn’t giving up on the downtown property.
The 1850s-era building at 30 Ontario St. was recently listed on an online real estate site for $5.8 million, after the owner defaulted on a $3.9-million loan from the State [...]

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Source: The St. Catharines Standard
A 45-year-old St. Catharines woman has been arrested and charged after someone rented out the same room to several people, taking their first and last month’s rent.
One tenant paid up to $1,700 to live in a Martindale Road home, and arrived ready to move in only to find several other people [...]

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From the St. Catharines Standard:
A new apartment building and townhouse development on the site of the former Grey Gables School is exactly what west St. Catharines needs, city councillors said Monday.
The eight townhouses approved for Dexter Street and the seniors apartment building approved next door on St. Paul Street West “are a good mix of [...]

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Landlord Meeting

The Niagara Peninsula Landlords Self-Help Group is meeting on September 16 at 7pm. It will be in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Welland. For more information, please call group president Larry Osborn at 905-732-2828.

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The Business of Collecting the Rent

If you own rental income property, rent should pay the mortgage and the expenses of that property, even if you lease a single-family house. If you are an investor, a monthly positive cash flow is critical to owing investment property. Therefore, collecting the rent is a major part of your property’s success.
Collecting rent is a [...]

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Whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you need to know what rights a tenant gains by entering into a lease and paying rent. Below are some of the things a tenant can and cannot do:
1. A tenant can exclude everyone else from the rental property, including the landlord. Most leases, however, modify this [...]

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New Features

Many of you have emailed with ideas of new features you would like to see at Niagara Rents and now many of those have been implemented into the new website.
Some of the features we have added so far include a rental mapping system, more detailed search results and a link button to your property website. [...]

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NOTICE:
Niagara Rents will be offline on Tuesday June 24, Wednesday June 25 and Thursday July 3rd  for maintenance. This blog will not be affected in anyway. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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More Home Rental Tips

Here are seven tips we found at Rentals Online. They will help you get off to the right start with a home rental. Experienced landlords and beginners can benefit from these home rental practices.
1. Offer something special – Renting a home can be a challenge. As a landlord, you need to set your home rental [...]

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