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MANITOBA LANDLORD CREDIT CHECKS FOR ONLY $9.95 (WITH SCORES & NO ANNUAL FEE) FROM THE LEADING BACKGROUND CHECK PROVIDER IN CANADA: TRITON!

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Join the Manitoba Landlords Association for a One-Time Registration Fee. Get Credit Checks for Only $9.95/Check With The Leading Background Screening Company in Canada – TRITON!

It used to be you could rely on a handshake or a good chat with your potential tenant and decide to rent to them. The harsh reality is those days are over.

It’s essential every small landlord runs a credit check to make sure they know who they are renting to. If you don’t your could face huge losses!

It’s now also essential landlords understand the need to use the most professional companies to run these checks and avoid scams.

You Can Stand Out To Great Tenants As A Professional Win-Win Oriented Landlord By Using Services From the Leading Background Check Provider In Canada

Recently there have been a lot of shady small start-up companies that are offering “services” for small landlords.

These companies have upset good tenants because of things like secretly adding them to illegal “bad tenant lists”, allowing defamatory comments on their sites and even not even requiring tenants to consent for their information being used.

There are already investigations, disputes, and lawsuits starting and lots of negative media and reports.

It’s a ticking time-bomb that you need to avoid.

Let’s face it- the best tenants are going to avoid landlords who use shady services and want to rent from landlords who use the best!.

If you were a great tenant you would want a landlord who runs credit checks with the leading background check company in Canada (With Your Privacy Protected)!

You and your rental property will stand out when you partner with TRITON to find great tenants. Using TRITON means you are a pro and tenants love it.

1. TRITON CREDIT CHECKS HELP LANDLORDS

TRITON credit checks provide all the information a landlord needs and more more. You get scores, employment info., addresses, bankruptcy info and more…everything you need to choose whether to rent to someone or not.

2. TENANTS CAN TRUST TRITON (Unlike shady start ups)

Tenants can trust TRITON! In carrying out its business, Triton gathers personal information about individuals from individual clients or from employer clients. Triton is committed to excellence in protecting the privacy of personal information. Triton continually reviews and updates its procedures to protect the privacy of individuals.

TRITON provides information to landlords, but also doesn’t defame or ‘play games’ with tenants who agree to run a credit check.

TRITON has clear rules for accountability, the purpose of the credit check, requiring tenants consent, limiting the information sent to only what is needed, limiting use, disclosure and retention of personal data, accuracy of data, safeguards, openness,  individual access, and a clear complaints process if tenants think their data has been misused.

Tenants can trust landlords who use TRITON for their background checks.

3. TRITON IS THE CANADIAN LEADER IN FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS HIRED BY TOP CANADIAN COMPANIES.

Let your potential tenants know you are a professional landlords who avoids shady start up companies and your partner TRITON is the leading background check company in Canada!

-TRITON has been running checks in Canada for over 50 years.

-The company runs criminal checks with the RCMP

-TRITON credit checks are based on real data from Transunion that you can trust not phony “AI” and defamatory comments.

-TRITON is the leading background check company in Canada and also provides checks for:

The Ontario government

The Canadian Olympic Committee

Bell Canada

McDonald’s Canada

Uber

Take Control Of Your Rental Business and Succeed!

Tenants respect landlords who are professional and use the best services. They feel confident in you and will rent from you over other landlords who are not as professional.

Become an MLA member and the savings is incredible when you run a premium TRITON credit check on your potential tenants.

Non-Member Price: $24.95 per check (+$75.00 Set Up Fee)

MLA Members Price: $9.95 per check (No Set Up Fee)

Join the Manitoba Landlords Association for a One-Time Registration Fee. Get Credit Checks for Only $9.95/Check With The Leading Background Screening Company in Canada!

 

Manitoa Landlords Are Facing Challenges In 2021…But Also Opportunities!

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Manitoba Landlords have had a very challenging 2020

With the Covid pandemic many tenants couldn’t (or just didn’t) pay rent and this led to financial stress on many of us. Despite some help from the province, many did not collect full rent and others faced late rent regularly.

Opportunities in 2021

Experienced and successful Manitoba landlords know there will also be opportunities in 2021.

When the economy gets stronger there will be more people coming to our province to work. These more qualified tenants will be on the way and looking for great rentals.

Students will also be returning. This will lead to a very strong rebound in the student rental sector.

Tenant Screening

Make sure you continue to screen your potential renters carefully. This should include references, employment proof and a credit check.

You can join the Manitoba Landlords Association and begin running credit checks for under $10/check.

Manitoba Landlords Face Challenges And Opportunities in 2021

Make sure you take advantage of the opportunities and make sure you screen all potential tenants with a credit check.

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Run Credit Checks For Only $9.95/Check (With Scores)

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

You Can Join the Manitoba Landlords Association for a Low One-Time Registration Fee and Start Running Premium Credit Checks for Only $9.95/Check To Find Great Tenants. 

With the current crisis going on it’s more important than ever for landlords to carefully screen your tenants. This always includes running a credit check to make sure your potential renters have a history of paying their bills.

When you join our landlord community you get multiple tools for you to succeed during good times and bad. For over a decade the Manitoba Landlords Association has been helping small landlords succeed and getting our voice heard at last.

We also want to help tenants and want to have great communication between parties and a “win win” approach. The is why we have our Pay Your Rent Campaign where we encourage tenants to cooperate with their landlord.

Make Sure A Credit Check For $9.95 Is Part Of Your Screening Process

We were the first organization to promote credit checks for small landlords in Canada. We started this over a decade ago! Our partners are very reputable and you can run a check for only less than ten dollars!

There Are Lots Of Great Tenants Out There Looking For a Great Landlord

Make sure running a credit check is part of your screening. And only for $9.95/check!

Manitoba Landlord PROTECTION MEMBERSHIP (Includes Forum Access!)

Friday, January 4th, 2019

With The Challenges Manitoba Landlords Are Facing These Days We Have Created A New Level Of Membership

Become A Success Member And Get Tools and Services To Help You Succeed For A Low One-Time Fee

Includes Access To the Manitoba Landlord Forum Filled With Experienced and Successful Landlords!

We’ve had many posts from Manitoba landlord forum over the past few months. While many landlords say there are lots of good tenants out there, lots posts were about challenges they are facing. 

One Winnipeg landlord wrote about the problems she was having keep her rental building safe and secure. Other tenants kept finding needles and other drug equipment and threatened to all move out if something wasn’t done “immediately”.

Of course, she took the situation seriously but admitted “things can’t get fixed overnight, but the other renters don’t want to hear it.” Other landlords informed her about new “expedited eject button to evict drug users” and helped her solve her problems.

Another landlord in Brandon had a tenant break a lease and leave major damages behind. He wrote about how the tenant lied about her job and brought several people in to the small apartment. He wrote “They left the place a total mess. Garbage,  holes in the drywall, plumbing all clogged, appliances damages…you name it.”

Other landlords discussed the challenges legalize marijuana will bring, especially if people light up in the unit.

Manitoba Landlord PROTECTION MEMBERSHIP

With all these new challenges our Manitoba landlord team has come up with PROTECTION Membership to help landlords succeed. 

For only an affordable one-time registration fee (no yearly fee) Manitoba landlords get access to a ton of amazing tools and services that can’t be beat!

Rental Kit Library

Get all the documents you need to succeed via your own online library you can access 24/7.

Access to the Forums, Including the Private Members Forum (for verified landlords only)

Network with experienced and successful landlords and property manager to you and your rental business succeed. Only verified landlords get access to our private members forum. This means you are networking and getting help from others who ‘have skin in the game’ like you do!

Discounted Credit Checks

Get huge discounts on credit checks. 

Tenant Friendly Credit Checks (With RISK SCORES from Transunion)

These are credit checks where the tenants don’t have to give you any of their personal information. Instead it all goes to TRITON who then provides it to you. It makes tenant applicants feel safe and it’s every easy to get them to pay for the credit check (and save you money!)

Criminal Checks

Times are changing and many experienced and successful Manitoba landlords are making that ‘last criminal check’ on an applicant they want to rent to. And now as member you get a HUGE discount to make sure you ad your property are protected.

Insurance

Get Access to one of the best rental insurance packages in Canada. Also covers student rentals. You also get a big discount as a member

Property Management Software

Get a discount on premium property management software to help you get control of your rental business.

Become a Landlord PROTECTION MEMBER and get the tools and services you need need to succeed! All for a low one-time fee that helps us cover our costs…that’s right ONE TIME FEE!

Manitoba Landlords – Take Control of Your Rental Property With Tenant Credit Checks

Sunday, June 12th, 2016
Join the Manitoba Landlords Association and Run Credit Checks To Find Great Tenants

Join the Manitoba Landlords Association and Run Credit Checks To Find Great Tenants

 

Manitoba Landlords Can Make Sure You Rent To The Good Good Tenants Out There By Running Credit Checks

Experienced and successful Manitoba landlords know the importance of renting to good tenants.

After all, you have bought and prepared a great place to live with you rental property. Many Manitoba landlords were tenants ourselves at one point, or we have friends and relatives who rent now, and we know how good tenants appreciate a good landlord and a safe, affordable, well-maintained rental property 

We also know how important it is for tenants to have a great landlord!

What Makes A Great Landlord?

A great landlord is just like most of the readers here. We have invested a lot of our savings into a rental property. We maintain it well and want to make it as pretty as possible.

We hope to find great tenants who will live in our rental property and be happy and appreciate the property and us, as landlords, who have invested a lot of our hard earned money to create the property.

Landlords Keep Getting Ripped Off Bad Tenants

The stories keep coming. Tenants come in, and either don’t pay rent or trash the property.

This lead many landlords to give up. They just give up or look for a better place to invest.  We know of a case where a couple of Brandon landlords sold and became Newmarket Ontario Landlords and have achieved great financial success.

Did You Run Proper Tenant Screening Including a Credit Check?

Very few Manitoba landlords run credit checks and proper tenant screening on their potential tenants before handing over the keys.

Are they too trustful? Yes. You need to be very cautious and know who you are renting to. You need only to view what the situation is for Ontario Landlords to realize you need to screen carefully.

How Can Great Landlords Find Great Tenants?

A credit check will show you the financial history of a potential tenant.

Do they pay their bills on time? Have they not paid someone before? It’s a key tenant screening check!

Most Manitoba Landlord Don’t Screen Tenants And Don’t Run Credit Checks

This is the sad reality, so who is to blame when landlords rent to bad tenants? A Winnipeg landlord said she just trusts what a tenant says. She sold her rental after a bad tenant ripped her off.

How Can I Run Premium Credit Checks At A Great Price?

Join the Manitoba Landlords Association and get access to amazing credit checks at great prices.

Landlords Face Many Challenges in 2013 – Make Sure You Rent to Good Tenants Using The Power of Equifax Credit Checks

Monday, January 14th, 2013

January 13th, 2013

MLA Challenges

Dangerous Challenges Face Manitoba Landlords in 2013 Making Equifax Tenant Screening Using Credit Checks More Important Than Ever

A year of challenges.  That’s what Manitoba landlords face in 2013.

Looking back at what happened in the rental market and to landlords in 2012, the trends are clear.

And it’s not good news for good Manitoba landlords.

Whether you own your investment property in Winnipeg, Brandon, or elsewhere the message is clear: the current government is not on our side and are making it increasingly difficult for small landlords to succeed.

The trends make it more important than ever for Manitoba landlords to rent out to good tenants and avoid the pros.

Let’s look at some of these challenges and trends.

1.  Want to raise the rent in 2013?  The government set the rate at only 1%

We are all faced with lots of increased costs this year.  Taxes are going up, utility costs are going up, and good contractors are charging more than ever to do repairs and improvements.

You want to maintain and even improve your rental property.  That’s expensive.

So what does the government do? They say you can’t raise the rent more than 1%1

Why would anyone sane create such a short-sighted policy that will hurt good landlords who want to rent out great properties?

According to the government they, “…understand how stressful it can be for students, seniors and low-income families to make ends meet.  Rent guidelines help ensure fairness for renters.”

Yeah, right.

Good properties require regular upkeep from good contractors. That means landlords have to pay and have to at least cover their costs. 1% doesn’t do that.

2.  Bad Tenants Are Driving Out Good Tenants

Remember the story of the Chinese international student studying at the University of Manitoba?  You know, the student who was lucky to dodge a bullet coming from another tenants.

The tenant was Kate Cheng was about to enjoy a late night snack when she realized drywall in the apartment was falling. She didn’t worry too much at the time because she thought a neighbour must have been doing some late night drilling to put up pictures.

It was only later she realized the seriousness of the situation – someone had shot bullets into her apartment and she was lucky to be alive.

3.  Tenant Versus Tenant Violence is Escalating

Another example in 2012 shows trends for landlords.

Loud music and a floor-stomping tenant led to a woman being stabbed in an Agnes Street apartment Tuesday night, police said.

Or the tenant who stabbed his neighbouring tenant.

Police said the woman and two men were socializing in a suite while playing loud music around the supper hour.

A tenant directly above the group took offence to the noise and began jumping on the floor in an attempt to get the partiers to turn down the music. Two men from the party confronted the upstairs tenant, then returned to the downstairs suite, police said.

4.  Government Social Housing Is Going Down the Drain (With Tenants Living in Fear)

Or lets discuss the tenant who is living in government housing who is scared beyond belief after another tenant was murdered in the same rental building

5.  Tenants Complaining And Going Over Your Head and Directly to the Government

The current government is encouraging tenants to go over the landlords head with complaints.

Instead of mature discussion, tenants are being encouraged to contact government by-law officers to punish their landlords.  This is common in other anti-landlord provinces.

So What Can A Landlord Do In The Current Anti-Good Landlord Environment We Face?

The key is renting to qualified tenants.

Qualified tenants will respect your property, respect the landlords, and pay on time!

How Can You Find Qualified Tenants?

The Manitoba Landlords Association has the answer.

The answer is making Equifax your partner in Tenant Screening and finding great, qualified tenants.

Equifax is the world-wide leader for credit fraud and screening.

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MLA members can work with Equifax to make sure you you make objective and informed decisions when approving or declining prospective tenants.

MLA Members Have Access to:

  • Online tool that captures information you already have such as applicant’s name, address and date of birth
  • Takes the guesswork out of the credit worthiness decision
  • Provides clear and concise recommendations—you do not need to be an expert on reading credit reports or interpreting credit scores

How it Works

Whether you maintain two rental units or 200, we designed Tenant Selector with your needs in mind. It is easy to use, secure and provides a real-time recommendation based on the credit worthiness of the applicant(s). Tenant Selector considers:

The likelihood the tenant will declare bankruptcy in the next 24 months

  • The probability the tenant will make their rent payments to you on time
  • Irregularities or confirmed misuse in names, addresses and phone numbers—or other suspicious behaviour that could indicate fraud
  • The tenant’s ability to afford the cost of rent plus other debts (Total Debt Service Ratio)

Even if your applicant does not have a credit score, Tenant Selector can still deliver an “accept” or “decline” recommendation based on all available information.

Manitoba landlords the message is clear. The government will not help us, so make sure you rent only to good tenants. The Equifax Tenant Screening is a tool you need to use.