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A winning formula: a good tenant in a good building

A winning formula: a good tenant in a good building

It is perhaps easier to keep our tenants when the vacancy rates are lower but history will repeat itself one day, when vacant residences could become more numerous again, and reach historic heights, like one has already known in the past.

Whatever the vacancy rate or the availability ratio, it is important to take care of our tenants. The maintenance of the building is also directly proportional, and it is necessary to do prevention there, and not to procrastinate when it comes to repairs and maintenance.

In general, the tenants will more easily accept our request to raise the price of the rent if they receive a good service from us, while quickly dealing with urgencies, while acting with other tenants in the event of problems, when one must ensure the quietness of the premises for our occupants.

A winning formula: to take time to choose our tenants, they are our customers and they are entitled to an excellent service, to answer quickly to requests for repairs in the residence, to do prevention on the level of maintenance of the building, etc

The APQ is the leader in the rental real-estate sector in Quebec, which gives you access to exceptionally efficient services which allow you:

- to check the credit record of the candidate-tenant by telephone, by fax or with your computer with our smart software.

- to check the references of the current owner.

- to check who is the true owner of the building inhabited by the candidate-tenant at the time of the request.

- to check the references of the current employer of your candidate-tenant.

- to check the criminal and penal record of your candidate-tenant.

- to check the presence of names similar to that of your candidate-tenant in the registered decisions rendered by the Rental Board.

Investment in residential real-estate has always been interesting, but the laws which govern this sector are very constraining for the owners. It is not enough to invest in this kind of buildings but it is also necessary to be ready to show strategies which enable us to serve our tenants well all the while protecting ourselves. This is not always simple, but we are there to help you. Information that you can obtain each day with our www.apq.org site, our monthly newspaper« Le Propriétaire» , our legal services, our advisers, our partners, our training courses, are amongst the many occasions to acquire knowledge which will help you in this process.

Help us to help you, communicate with us for all your questions.

About the author

Martin A. Messier

Me Martin A. Messier a fait ses études au Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf avant de continuer ses études en droit à l'Université de Montréal. Il est membre du Barreau du Québec depuis 1992, et œuvre auprès des propriétaires de logements locatifs depuis 1993.

Il est entre autres président de l'Association des propriétaires du Québec, propriétaire d'une compagnie de gestion immobilière. Il est fréquemment invité comme conférencier dans le cadre de conférences et de séminaires juridiques et de gestion portant sur le louage immobilier.

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