What do I need to know about Tenant and Renters Insurance?

If you don’t have insurance, you should probably look into it. We’ve heard some horror stories from some of our group members plus there was a recent cold snap in certain parts of Canada that caused some property damage, so we wanted to give you an idea of things you need to consider when shopping around for insurance.

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Life Hacks when Living Off-Campus

We realise that living off campus has some advantages and some disadvantages. This week we would like to share some quick life hacks that could help offset some of those disadvantages. So if you are living off campus or considering it, keep reading

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Evictions

In this week’s blog we discuss some of the leading causes of evictions. Nobody ever wants to deal with evictions since it's usually stressful and time consuming for the tenant and the landlord. We hope you never get evicted or have to evict someone, if you feel the same way, please keep reading, and if you want to know what needs to be included in an eviction notice for it to be legal, please click here.

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Back to School

We hope you had a great holiday break and are feeling refreshed. However, the end of the Christmas break means the beginning of the winter term. We know you may have bitter sweet emotions about starting the winter term, so we put together a sweet little list to help you with the transition.

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Nightmare Roommates

In this week’s blog, we rounded up some of our members worst experiences with some of their former roommates. We asked our members if they had ever lived with a nightmare roommate, and if they had, what was it about their roommate that made them an absolute nightmare to live with.