Robot Landlords Are Buying Up Houses

I am standing on the stoop of an empty brick row house in Pittsburgh, looking into my phone and rotating my head from side to side. The house is in an alleyway facing the back of a church. The mailbox is stuffed with rain-soaked junk mail. The rental company’s website finishes scanning my face and an algorithm decides that I do resemble the photo on the passport I uploaded earlier. I get a text with a temporary…

NJFOG Study Finds Systemic Lack of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, March 2021 New Jersey's local governments, on average, are only 60 percent in compliance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), according to a study released by the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG). The OPMA, passed into law in 1975, has remained relatively unchanged over 45 years. The primary purpose of the OPMA is to conduct government meetings in public, keep a record…

Sage Hill homeowners fight back after legal threat over unpaid fees

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Homeowners are petitioning for an extraordinary general meeting with the intention of removing the board members who are threatened with lawsuits over unpaid residents' association fees publishing date: June 26, 2022 • June 26, 2022 • 3 minute read 7 Comments FILE PHOTO: The neighborhoods of Sage Hill and Evanston on the northern edge of Calgary were photographed on Thursday April 26, 2018. Gavin Young/Postmedia Article content Homeowners in northwest…

Residential Lease Agreement | Free Rental Lease Form (Canada)

IN CONSIDERATION OF the Landlord leasing certain premises to the Tenant and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: Leased Property The Landlord agrees to rent the Tenant the house, municipally described as __________ (the "Property"), for use as residential premises only. Subject to the provisions of this Lease, apart from the Tenant, no other persons will live in the Property without the prior written…

5 Questions To Ask Yourself When Purchasing Property For An AirBnB

Short-term rentals are an amazing investment opportunity, but it's not as easy as HGTV might have you think. Before you start searching for properties or start planning color schemes or collecting fun furniture, there are a few questions to ask yourself when purchasing property for an AirBnB. Especially since Chip and Joanna won't be there to guide you on the journey. This isn't to say that you shouldn't buy a vacation home to rent out on…

More Canadians turn to short-term rentals to earn extra cash, maintain properties

When Marcus Rader returned home after an extended winter trip last year, he was greeted with a broken furnace, freezing temperatures and a week-long wait for a repair. This winter, he put his 150-year-old downtown Toronto house on the short-term rental booking website Airbnb.“We rent out our home in the winter now but it's definitely not for the money,” said Rader, co-founder and CEO of Hostaway, a vacation rental software and management system.“The main attraction for…

The gist: Ridout Road rentals and how potential conflicts of interest are addressed

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Parliament that Mr Teo is his most senior minister in terms of years in Cabinet and experience. He noted that some MPs had suggested on Monday that Mr Teo was not sufficiently independent to conduct the investigation, but PM Lee said he viewed it differently. For corruption and wrongdoing, there is an independent process in place, such as the CPIB investigation and referral to the Attorney-General's Chambers. “But ethics and…

Public servants with privileged info to declare before renting govt properties: SM Teo

SINGAPORE – To prevent conflicts of interest, public servants who have access to government property leasing or valuation matters will have to make a declaration before they can rent such properties managed by their agencies. Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Monday in Parliament that the Public Service Division (PSD) will introduce a standard declaration requirement for a selected group of officers with access to or who are involved in leasing and valuation matters. PSD…

Ministry officers will have to declare access to privileged information before renting govt properties: SM Teo

"There is no more thorough, persistent, and I dare say even fearsome investigative body in Singapore," said Mr Teo. "That the Prime Minister did not hesitate to call the CPIB in to investigate two senior ministers is a signal seriously how we take such matters of incorruptibility, and its absolute value in our system." VALUER DID NOT KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE TENANT AT 26 RIDOUT ROAD Mr Teo said again on Monday that both ministers,…

Cringe? Your Landlord Probably Owns More Than Three Properties

If you're a renter in Australia who's recently received a rent increase notification to the effect of “Times are tough, I need to increase the rent,” let this one sink in: it's now more likely than not that your landlord owns more than two investment properties, as well as their own home, according to new data from the Australian Taxation Office. The data, collected in the 2020-21 financial year – well before Australia entered its current…