The Canadian Landlords Manual is an indispensable resource that empowers landlords with the essential knowledge and proven strategies required for successful tenancy management across Canada. This comprehensive guide equips you with the critical skills to screen out problem tenants—the single most important factor in protecting your investment and ensuring profitable, stress-free rental operations.

The financial consequences of poor tenant selection are severe. One problematic tenant can cost thousands of dollars in unpaid rent, utilities, property damage, and months of financial instability. Many landlords have abandoned the rental business entirely after experiencing a single bad tenant who refused to pay rent and caused extensive property damage. The Canadian Landlords Manual teaches you how to avoid these costly and devastating mistakes.

This comprehensive manual covers:

• Proven tenant screening techniques to identify reliable, responsible renters
• Comprehensive tenancy board case preparation and evidence presentation strategies
• Professional advocacy techniques for successful tenancy hearings
• Step-by-step eviction procedures and property recovery processes
• Legal compliance requirements and best practices for Canadian landlords
• Risk management and financial protection strategies

Knowledge is power. By mastering tenancy board procedures, legal requirements, and professional management practices, you gain complete control over your property and protect your most valuable asset. The Canadian Landlords Manual provides the vital expertise needed to confidently manage tenant disputes, prepare compelling cases, and navigate the tenancy system with authority and confidence.

Whether you're a new landlord just starting your rental business or an experienced property manager looking to enhance your skills, this comprehensive manual is your essential guide to building a successful, profitable, and legally compliant rental business across Canada.

The book is very comprehensive and is 289 pages.

Squatters

Screening Out Problem Tenants

Managing Tenancies

Shared Accommodations

Evictions

Dispute Resolution

RTB Case Preparation

Presenting Tenancy Cases

Enforcing RTB Orders

Brent R. J. Lowry LL.B.

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Tenancy fraud is on the rise all across Canada, and many landlords have horror stories of unpaid rent and utilities, and extensive, deliberate, catastrophic damage to their property. Problem tenants intentionally seek out amateur unprepared landlords, and avoid professional property managers, because they know professional property managers run background checks, use proper legal documents, and would never rent to them. Many of these tenants have defrauded multiple landlords.

An addendum is a list of rules and prohibited activities to help you manage your rental property more effectively. It is added to the tenancy board lease, and gives the landlord far greater protection against undesirable activity, such as unauthorized occupants, subletting, pets, vehicles, parking, businesses, smoking, drugs, hoarding, unsightly premises, anti-social behaviour, and much more.

A professional addendum helps you screen out problem tenants because scammers realize they are dealing with a professional landlord who has taken steps to educate themselves, protect their investment, and protect other residents and neighbours. Bad tenants realize they are not dealing with an amateur uneducated landlord that they can dominate and manipulate because they don't use proper legal documentation. An addendum serves as a screening tool that prohibits undesirable and antisocial behaviour, and any tenant who objects to signing it is an instant red flag.

If your tenants are causing problems, unless that specific behaviour is prohibited by your addendum, you are often powerless to do anything about it. If you don't have an addendum prohibiting unwanted behaviour, you will often have no legal recourse to evict for breach of the lease.

Addendums are legal as long as they don't breach residential tenancy laws, by attempting to contract out of those laws, and they are not unconscionable. The tenancy board standard leases are simply not drafted well enough to protect landlords. You must have a professionally drafted addendum, or you are very likely going to fail as a landlord. This is not the time to try and save money by trying to do this yourself. If you think you are saving money by using a free, amateur, poorly written, illegal and unenforceable addendum, you are making a very costly mistake and mistakes cannot be undone. You get what you pay for and there is a lot of free and incorrect so called "legal advice" all over social media. There is absolutely no substitute for experience and a professional legal education.

My addendum is the result of decades of experience as a landlord, my law degree, years of experience as a lawyer, and as a legal advocate for landlords. You are not likely to find an addendum as thorough and highly detailed as mine, anywhere. This addendum is far more extensive and enforceable than anything a non lawyer can draft, and is the most comprehensive rental addendum I have ever seen.

The addendum is 90 clauses, and 27 pages, and comes with a very detailed Application Form, drafted to help screen out problem tenants, and comes in digital format with fillable fields and in print format.

A legal addendum does not infringe on the tenants rights or violate tenancy laws and law abiding tenants won't have an issue signing a professional addendum. Any applicant refusing to sign raises a huge red flag.

This package also includes a landlords Notice of Entry Form, which must be served on a tenant when the landlord wants to enter the inside of the property. The RTB does not provide a form for landlord entry. The package price is $90.00, is subscription based, and will be renewable for a fee, on an annual basis, for updates to changing tenancy laws. There is no automatic subscription renewal. Please remember to always print a paper version of each tenancy for your files.

The Shared Accommodation Agreement is a comprehensive legal document specifically designed for landlords who share their property with tenants. This agreement applies to situations where the landlord resides in the property and shares common facilities such as kitchens, bathrooms, or living areas with tenants.

This specialized agreement includes:

• 54 detailed clauses covering all aspects of shared living arrangements
• 22 pages of comprehensive legal protection and guidance
• Fillable digital fields for easy customization with your property details
• Professional application form to effectively screen potential tenants
• Notice of Entry form for landlord property inspections
• Printable formats for your records and tenant copies

The Shared Accommodation Agreement provides landlords with essential legal tools to manage shared rental properties professionally and protect their interests. The included Application Form helps you identify and select reliable tenants, while the Notice of Entry Form ensures proper procedures when accessing rental spaces.

This subscription-based package provides ongoing access to updates and revisions, ensuring your agreement remains compliant with current residential tenancy laws and reflects best practices in property management for shared accommodation situations. There is no automatic subscription renewal. Please remember to always print a paper version of each tenancy for your files.

The Cash for Keys Agreement for British Columbia is a specialized legal document designed for landlords in BC who wish to negotiate a mutually beneficial exit arrangement with their tenants. This agreement provides a framework for offering financial incentives in exchange for the tenant's agreement to vacate the property.

This comprehensive agreement includes:

• Clear terms and conditions for the cash payment arrangement
• Specific provisions compliant with BC residential tenancy laws
• Detailed move-out procedures and property inspection requirements
• Protection clauses for both landlord and tenant
• Dispute resolution mechanisms

The Cash for Keys Agreement for British Columbia comes with fillable digital fields and printable formats for your records. This document is essential when you need to expedite a tenant departure while maintaining legal compliance and protecting your interests under BC's Residential Tenancy Act.

This Cash for Keys Agreement is used to end a tenancy by way of mutual agreement and should be attached to Form RTB-8 as an addendum. This can be used for owners use, to sell your property, or to rent to a new tenant. This legal method of ending a tenancy, is an alternative to serving Form RTB-32, avoiding putting the landlord at risk of paying 1 year of rent to the tenant.

If you have checked off Box E on form RTB-1, or you have already served your tenants with Form RTB-32, do not use this method. This method is legal even if you have previously asked your tenants for a rent increase above the RTB annual increase. This document contains an escrow clause to ensure the landlord retakes possession before the tenant is paid to ensure a successful exchange of money in return for landlord possession of the property. 12 clauses, 2 pages. There is no automatic subscription renewal. Please remember to always print a paper version of each tenancy for your files.

The Cash for Keys Agreement is a powerful legal tool designed to facilitate the smooth and mutually beneficial termination of a tenancy through negotiated settlement. This agreement enables landlords to regain possession of their property by offering financial incentives in exchange for the tenant's voluntary agreement to vacate.

This versatile agreement is ideal for landlords who need to:

• Reclaim property for personal use or owner occupancy
• Prepare a property for sale with vacant possession
• Transition to a new tenant with a clean slate
• Expedite tenant departure while avoiding costly legal proceedings

The Cash for Keys Agreement includes an essential escrow clause that protects your interests by ensuring you regain full possession of the property before the tenant receives any payment. This critical protection gives you complete control and peace of mind throughout the transaction.

With clear, enforceable terms and straightforward procedures, the Cash for Keys Agreement provides a professional, efficient alternative to lengthy eviction processes. This document streamlines the entire process while maintaining legal compliance and protecting both parties' interests.

Comprehensive, practical, and legally sound—the Cash for Keys Agreement is your solution for achieving a smooth property transition. There is no automatic subscription renewal. Please remember to always print a paper version of each tenancy for your files.