I am a lifelong (since the '60s) CBC listener. I have become truly disappointed and have almost ceased to listen because I believe that CBC no longer represents all Canadians - just those in the highest political seats of our fine land. I am not convinced that CBC should continue to be 100% publicly funded (they were not always) - nor do I agree with the use of the funds that they are currently getting (bonuses when they are running a deficit). Too top heavy and no longer present a center position or less biased account of Canada. Sooooo discouraging and I don’t think that a lot of Canadians understand this. I am a proud Canadian and will continue respect and engage politely with all Canadians regardless of their rally cries.
We had 7 units in a strata. All we wanted was to cover the mortgage, taxes and insurance. We kept the rents purposefully low, hoping to attract long term tenants. Quite frankly - tenants move when tenants move regardless of leases (you can’t get blood from a stone in small claims.) They aren’t rich like we aren’t and what little rent we got didn’t pay for the cleaning, painting and repairs that we had to do when they moved out. If it wasn’t acceptable to me - it wasn’t acceptable for my tennant. We scraped along for 7 years and finally had enough. We sold for what we bought them for. Landlord tenant laws are different everywhere - lots of people seem to think you are rolling in money if you are a landlord. Bottomline - We were too soft and feel we got taken advantage of - never will we do this again. If you can’t afford your rent, don’t be fooled you can’t afford home ownership either -