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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
Yeah.. my property is a 1950s era SFH that has been renovated into 6 bedrooms sharing a common kitchen/living area. Each bedroom is leased separately.
Because I live in one of the bedrooms as well, my tenants are also my roommates. This actually gives me a huge advantage in Ontario rental laws.. my tenants are legally "boarders" rather than "tenants" which means I can evict them whenever I want with no notice, no bureaucratic delays, and almost no paperwork (boarders are more or less completely uncovered by Ontario tenant protection laws). For this reason I'm not particularly strict about vetting for things like credit checks.. but I'd still be reluctant to rent to someone who wanted to pay in cash. I ask my tenants to pay me in postdated cheques, generally, I find its the most convenient.
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In Quebec your roommates would legally be full-fledged tenants, BTW.
And for that very reason, an undocumented illegal who just hopped the border near Emerson (and who can pay, obviously) would actually be a dream tenant for any landlord such a building in Quebec -- absolute easiest case if you ever have to evict him.
And since he would be fully aware he's undocumented, you can be sure he'd always behave. The perfect tenant