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• I am renting out an apartment to a tenant for the first time. Do I have an obligation to get insurance that covers the possessions of the tenant as well as insurance for the premises?
• Can I require a tenant to provide proof of insurance as a condition of the lease?
• Can I make rules about "quiet hours" in my rental building?
• Can I make it mandatory that tenants pay their rent by automatic withdrawal from the bank, or does a tenant have a right to pay in cash or by cheque?
• A tenant in my apartment building bought a portable clothes washer and dryer and is using them in the suite. I pay for the water and these appliances use a lot of extra water. There is nothing in the lease he signed that specifically prohibits this. Can I ask him to remove the machines or face eviction?
• I want to update a rental agreement that I have with some tenants who live in a house that I rent out. I think the new terms are within what is allowed in the Residential Tenancies Act. How do I go about this? Are there time limits? Can I evict the tenants if they do not sign?
• I have heard that there are rules about how many people can live in a house or apartment. Is that right?
• I have heard that there are rules about putting boys and girls together in the same bedroom. Is that right?
• I�m working abroad and have a tenant in my Calgary condo on a one-year fixed-term lease. He wants to break the lease and leave two months early. When he signed the lease, I told him that the reason for the one-year lease was because I wanted a tenant for the entire time I was abroad. Since I am out of the country, I will not be able to find a new tenant until I return at the end of the term. I disagree to the breaking of the lease � what can I do?

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