I pointed that out to my agent and she said that it's covered under our agreement of sale "Seller will not enter into any new leases, nor extend existing leases, for the Property, without the written consent of Buyer."

They will provide you with a sample consent form - or wording for your consent form - to obtain the candidate's permission to pull their credit history.Alternatively, you can use RentCheck in Canada, but it may take a little time to have yourself or your company vetted to establish service.Checking the criminal background on your Canadian applicants is another matter.  

Would you submit a rental application and consent to a background & credit check?

Consent to credit check?

I added this to my lease+++++++++++++++++If Tenant retains possession of premises after the expiration date of the lease without Landlord’s written consent, a fee of seventy dollars ($70.00) per day shall be imposed until possession is returned to Landlord. (2) If Tenant hands possession to Landlord with the rental property extremely dirty, the holding over rental charge of seventy dollars ($70.00) per day shall be charged against Tenants deposit while professional vendors clean the rental unit.

If you do allow it, just be sure to explicitly state on the lease and explain verbally that they are allowed "2 Guinea Pigs" only and that any other animals are prohibited without your prior written consent.

@Christine Mwai, month to month agreements, unlike leases, reset every 30 days and with proper notice allows the landlord to make changes to the agreement without tenant's consent- rent increases for example.

There are no states that allow for moving of another person's vehicle without their consent, even one inch.You're welcome to give whatever advice you want, but so am I, and your advice is not anymore correct than mine is...however, mine  doesn't violate any laws.

We have also been told that a lot of other Kansas City Metro cities are going to implement too.I too, though, pick your own inspector and slip them an extra $100.However no one needs to read or review - because you I think you have to fix every thing and then probably have it reinspected to prove you made the repairs.Not sure if this proposed regulation would violate our the tenants right to interior searches with out their consent or a search warrant.

I understand - there's many layers of the situation, and I'm not looking at booting this guy as the magic bullet that fixes all our problems.But the real estate part of this is: If husband/wife are jointly listed on a mortgage, but disagree on whether a tenant should stay ... can one party press the eviction process without the other's consent?