Effective August 2, 2016, the provincial government will collect an additional 15% purchase tax on property purchases by foreign nationals in metro Vancouver only.  

I think it is a nice property that would make a good investment, but the somewhat provincial investing market makes it hard to sell multi-families in this area.

@Stephen E. wrote:In Canada it is not routine to run criminal background checks and there appears to be no ready means of conducting them.In Canada, criminal record checks are traditionally conducted by the local, provincial, or national (RCMP) police, but there are now some for-fee providers of this service.  

It is more difficult to make money when you are just providing solar into the rental, and the tenant therefore has subsidized utilities.Here in Ontario, the provincial government implemented Feed in Tariff (FIT) and MicroFit sytems.

In our instance the FCRA is not in-play :)Here in Canada, Credit reporting regulations are at the Provincial level and there are subtle differences in each jurisdiction ... but, at their core, they are closely similar to your FCRA.I'll have to verify, but I seem to recall that here the Consumer is entitled to a "free" copy of their credit report by requesting it in writing and supplying a self-addressed, postage paid envelope ... there may also be a limitation to the frequency of this service (once per year?).

Landlord Tenant Board, Landlord Self-help Centre, Police (2x), Sherrif, Superior court justice's office, Bi-law enforcement office, Building Inspector's office, Provincial Offences office, Paralegal.

I don't believe so, is it not more unfair for me to take on a un-satisfactory tenant strictly because they are experiencing an unfavorable situation and leave a hard working one with a good job and great references out in the cold.If the the provincial government wanted landlords to take bigger risks on sub-par tenants they should make it easier for us to take legal recourse.There my 2 cents now I await the angry response :-)

Since we now have Provincial sub-forums on BP, I am going to suggest we collapse them as follows:- Atlantic Canada- Québec- Ontario- Prairies & the North- British Columbia My argument for the collapse is there are not enough active BP members in the Maritime/Atlantic Provinces, Prairies and, certainly not, the Territories to warrant individual provincial/territorial forums.

As an example, an associate of mine has a rental property located less than a block from the provincial legislature.

Check with the Ontario Building code, provincial fire codes (call your local fire marshall) and any local ordinances/by-laws (your municipal planning/inspection office).