OLA Member in the Toronto Star "I'm out more than $28,000!"

[Greg]

Actually you didn't agree with anything I said you simply fabricated a fantasy story like a little school girl looking for attention. Go finish your home work then if your good you can watch some TV, Jeffy.

Why is it you children like to get on adult forums and play games. Don't you have any friends to play with.

[Jeff]

I agree with you! I follow LTB cases very carefully because my goal is to work for tenants in a government legal aid position in a little under two years.

These cases of landlords taking months to evict are nonsense and simply the fault of the landlord. Before you become a landlord make sure you know the rules and the laws. If you are a a a n, n, n, n, nervous type, don't r, r, r represent yourself at the b, b, b, board. S-st-stu-stut-stutt-stutte-stutter-stuttering doesn't go over well.

Based on the story it appeared to be a very simple eviction which likely took as long as it did due more to landlord inexperience than board favoritism toward the tenant.

Exactly. Being a landlord is a very profitable business and landlords have to know both their rights and their responsibilities. If you are clueless, don't be so cheap to rep yourself and fall flat on your face like this landlord obviously did.

In other words, don't serve an N8 for non-payment of rent or you will be laughed at and sent back to drawing board! This landlord had only themselves to blame.

[Skitter]

Being a landlord is a very profitable business

- a common myth. I have been a landlord in the GTA for over 20 years. Trust me, being a landllord is NOT a very profitable business.

landlords have to know both their rights and their responsibilities.

-be thankful most of them dont. If they did, they would not have become landlords in the first place (removing many thousands of rentals from the market)

Politicians and tenants DEPEND on uneducated landlords to supply private rentals.

[rcole23]

Not surprised however this news report is extremely sketchy, no real details to explain the time lapses and by all indications the landlord was not at all aware of what was happening at her property. I would guess that she was slow to issue paper work and probably gave the tenant numerous free rides. In addition she likely was not represented at board hearings.

This is a very common story regarding inexperienced landlords. They give tenants the benefit of the doubt too often and do not process the LTB paper work as diligently as they should.
Based on the story it appeared to be a very simple eviction which likely took as long as it did due more to landlord inexperience than board favoritism toward the tenant. I say this because the landlord never bothered to inspect her property the entire time she had the tenant.

However the story is very much lacking in details.

Even with inexperience, even with being completely new to this business, this kind of treatment should not be allowed. It should be as simple as kicking them out and charging them through the legal system for damaging your property. You should have every right to conduct yourself in a normal fashion. It is the hand that is dealt to us that is shady.