Cash for Keys
Cash for keys: lawyer or specialist?
Cash for keys in Québec: a lawyer drafts the agreement; a negotiation specialist sets the amount, negotiates the departure, and is paid on…
Management
Non-Payment of Rent: TAL Remedies & Delays
Tenant hasn't paid in 2 months? Your TAL remedies (recovery, lease termination, eviction), realistic timelines and the faster move-out agreement.
Cash for Raise
Tenant refuses rent increase: your options
Your tenant refuses the proposed rent increase? Your legal options in Québec: rent fixing at the TAL, a negotiated agreement, or a paid voluntary…
Optimization
Market rent value in Montréal
How to calculate the true market value of your unit's rent in Montréal: recent comparables, adjustments, and a per-bedroom benchmark, step by step.
Cash for Raise
Get a tenant to accept a rent increase
How to get a tenant, even a long-time one, to accept a significant rent increase without going to the TAL — legally, by mutual agreement, with…
Cash for Raise
Raise rent gradually or by agreement?
Raise rent gradually with yearly TAL-guideline increases, or negotiate a one-shot agreement to reach market? A 5-year comparison with numbers,…
Optimization
Tenant pays $700, unit worth $1,400
Your tenant pays $700 for a unit worth $1,400? Here are the two legal routes — a negotiated increase or a paid voluntary departure — to fix it in…
Investing
Bought a building, low rents: where to start
You just bought an income property with below-market rents? Here's the 5-step legal plan to recover the hidden income and the locked-in property…
Value & resale
Optimize Rents Before Refinancing or Selling
Below-market rents lower net operating income, cutting your building's value and the amount a bank will refinance. How to optimize them legally…
Cash for Raise
Raise the rent without renovating in Québec
Raise your rental income without renovating, legally in Québec: an accepted negotiated increase or a paid voluntary departure, then re-let at…
Cash for Keys
How much to offer for cash for keys?
How much should you offer a tenant to leave voluntarily in Québec? The real ranges, the ROI math, and a worked example to decide if it's worth it.
Cash for Keys
Cash for keys in Quebec: the complete guide for landlords
Is it legal? How much should you offer? How do you draft the agreement? The A-to-Z guide to repossessing an under-rented dwelling, the clean way.
Cash for Raise
Raising a tenant's rent in Quebec: the law and the real strategies
Beyond the increase suggested by the TAL: how to realign a rent to the market, legally, with the tenant's agreement.
Value & refinancing
Below-market rents: the hidden fortune in your property
Why $100 in rent is worth $20,000 in value, how the cap rate works, and how to recover your dormant equity.
Problem tenants
Tenant who doesn't pay or is problematic: the landlord's guide
Non-payment, conflicts, damage: your recourses at the TAL, the real timelines, and when cash for keys becomes the solution.
Cash for Keys
How to do a cash for keys in Quebec: the step-by-step method
The practical guide: the 8 steps, the mistakes to avoid, the clauses of the agreement and how much to offer.
Repossession of a dwelling
Repossession of a dwelling in Quebec: the complete guide for landlords
Conditions, eligible relatives, notices, contestation — and when cash for keys is a better choice.
Illegal eviction
Illegal renoviction in Quebec
Illegal renoviction in Quebec often ends badly: contestation at the TAL, damages, fines. Why it goes off the rails and how to recover a dwelling legally.
Illegal repossession
Bad-faith repossession of a dwelling: the trap
Bad-faith repossession of a dwelling: why this shortcut leads straight to the TAL — damages, fines — and the legal way to recover a dwelling.
Illegal eviction
Illegal eviction of a tenant in Quebec
Illegal eviction of a tenant in Quebec: why these practices are costly (TAL contestation, damages, fines) and how to do it legally.
Prohibited practices
Tenant harassment in Quebec: the red line
Tenant harassment in Quebec: why these practices end badly (contestation, damages, fines) and the only legal way to recover a dwelling.
Prohibited practices
Cutting off a tenant's services: illegal
Cutting off a tenant's heat, water or electricity is illegal and dangerous in Quebec: risks, TAL sanctions and the only legal way to proceed.
Illegal repossession
False repossession of a dwelling: the trap
A false repossession of a dwelling often ends up at the TAL: damages, fines, tenant reinstated, damaged reputation. Why the scheme fails.
Illegal eviction
Renoviction in Quebec in the media
Renoviction in Quebec often makes headlines in the media. Here's why these cases go off the rails at the TAL and the legal way to recover a dwelling.
Repossession of a dwelling
Repossession of a dwelling for a relative
Repossession of a dwelling for a relative: strict conditions, good faith, notice and timelines that too many landlords overlook — and the risk-free alternative.
Illegal eviction
Major work and eviction in Quebec
Major work and eviction in Quebec: what the law really allows, what it prohibits, and why a disguised renoviction ends up costing a great deal.
Prohibited practices
Changing a tenant's lock
Changing a tenant's lock is illegal in Quebec: contestation at the TAL, damages and hefty fines. The legal way to recover a dwelling.
Prohibited practices
Threatening a tenant with repossession: the trap
Threatening a tenant with repossession to force a signature vitiates consent and can void everything: contestation, damages, fines. The right method here.
Repossession of a dwelling
Repossession of a dwelling refused: your options
Repossession of a dwelling refused by the tenant? Here are your real legal options, the risks of a shortcut and Opti Loyer's pay-only-for-results alternative.
Illegal eviction
Renoviction fine in Quebec: what it costs
Renoviction fine in Quebec: how much does an illegal eviction really cost? Damages, punitive damages, fines, tenant reinstated. The complete picture.
Move-out agreement
Cancelling a tenant's move-out agreement
Can a tenant cancel a voluntary move-out agreement in Quebec? What the law says, when an agreement falls through and how to secure it legally.
Illegal repossession
Fictitious repossession to resell: the trap
A fictitious repossession to resell often backfires on the landlord: contestation at the TAL, damages, tenant reinstated. The legal and safe route.
Prohibited practices
Abusive rent increase to evict
An abusive rent increase to push a tenant out is illegal and risky in Quebec. Here are the consequences and the legal way to get there.
Legal framework
Quebec renoviction law: what has changed
The Quebec renoviction law has tightened: notices, fines and damages at the TAL. Why shortcuts cost landlords dearly and the legal path to follow.
Illegal eviction
Emptying a building for renovations
Emptying a building for renovations: tenants' rights, renoviction, contestation at the TAL, damages, fines and the only legal way to do it.
Repossession of a dwelling
Repossession from an elderly tenant: protections
Repossession from an elderly tenant: the special protections a landlord must know, why a mistake is costly and how to act legally.
Repossession of a dwelling
Tenant refuses repossession: what to do
Tenant refuses a valid repossession and won't leave? Here's the legal course of action at the TAL, the risks to avoid and the risk-free alternative.
Repossession of a dwelling
7 moves: repossession in dispute at the TAL
Repossession of a dwelling in Quebec: 7 moves that turn your process into a dispute at the TAL, their consequences, and the legal way to recover a dwelling.
Comparison
Cash for keys or renoviction: the legal route
Cash for keys or renoviction: the difference between the legal route and the illegal shortcut. Why it ends badly and how to recover a dwelling legally.
Repossession of a dwelling
Good faith in repossession at the TAL: the required proof
Good faith in repossession at the TAL: what proof does the tribunal really require? Why false repossessions end badly and how to recover a dwelling legally.
Move-out agreement
Paying a tenant to leave: is it legal?
Is paying a tenant to leave legal in Quebec? What's allowed, what goes off the rails, and how to reach a move-out agreement risk-free.
Illegal eviction
Disguised renoviction: recognizing the trap
Disguised renoviction in Quebec: pretext work, false motives, pressure. Recognizing the trap, what it could cost you and the legal alternative.
Repossession of a dwelling
Repossession during the lease: is it possible?
Repossession during the lease in Quebec: is it possible, under what conditions, and why the shortcut often ends up at the TAL. The clear guide for landlords.
Legal framework
Tenant protected from eviction in Quebec
Tenant protected from eviction in Quebec: who is, why the law protects them, and how to recover your dwelling legally through a voluntary agreement.
Illegal eviction
Illegal eviction and resale value
Illegal eviction: the hidden impact on your property's resale value in Quebec, the real consequences and the legal, pay-only-for-results alternative.
Repossession of a dwelling
Timelines and notices for repossession of a dwelling
Timelines and notices for repossession of a dwelling in Quebec: what to follow to the letter, the risks of a mistake at the TAL and the legal way to recover a dwelling.
Our approach
Recovering a dwelling legally
Recovering a dwelling legally in Quebec: why going through a pro removes the risk, avoids contestations at the TAL and protects your reputation.
Ruling
Illegal Repossession Costing $81,000: The Bleier Case
An Outremont dwelling repossessed for a daughter who never moved in: the TAL orders the landlord to pay roughly $81,000, including $55,000 in punitive damages.
Ruling
Young Investors Convicted of Renoviction
Two investors in their mid-twenties were convicted of a renoviction: the renovated dwelling ended up on Airbnb, exposed by Instagram. The full story.
Ruling
Harassment, Renoviction: $24,000 (Fortier)
Fortier v. 9443-5070 Québec inc. (2025 QCTAL 12557): $24,000 in damages for harassing a tenant in order to force a renoviction. Analysis.
Case law
$40,000 in Punitive Damages: TAL Rulings
Punitive damages of up to $40,000 for bad-faith repossession and renoviction: what recent TAL rulings reveal and how to avoid the worst.
Ruling
Landlord Fined $21,000 in Longueuil
In Longueuil, a CMHC lawyer is ordered to pay more than $21,000 for an illegal repossession. An analysis of a ruling that proves bad faith is expensive.
Analysis
Illegal Repossession: The Damages That Soar
Quebec courts are cracking down hard on landlords who evict a tenant. Here's why punitive damages are reaching new heights.
Report
"Disguised Eviction" in Sherbrooke: Malouin Street
In Sherbrooke, on Malouin Street, tenants denounced a "disguised eviction": lease terminations signed under pressure. Why it's risky, and the legal path.
Report
Bad-Faith Eviction: Is $50,000 Too Little?
A $50,000 penalty for a bad-faith eviction deemed weakly deterrent: Quebec law and the legal path to reclaim a dwelling.
Report
Holiday-Season Evictions: A Notice Received on December 28
A 10-year tenant receives an eviction notice on December 28: what this news report reveals about bad faith and the legal way to take back a dwelling.
Prohibited practice
Waiving Your Rights as a Tenant: Illegal
Having a tenant sign a waiver of their legal remedies is illegal in Quebec: these public-order rights cannot be given up in advance. Here's why.
Report
Renovictions on the Plateau: the case of a sixplex
On the Plateau, tenants of a sixplex say they were « dispossessed » despite the moratorium on renovictions. The case, the law and the 100% legal path.
Report
Up to 50 Households Threatened with Eviction in Côte-des-Neiges
Up to 50 families on Bourret Avenue, in Côte-des-Neiges, reportedly received eviction notices deemed groundless. We break down the case and the legal path.
Report
Manoir Lafontaine: a renoviction stopped
Manoir Lafontaine: roughly 90 units threatened with renoviction, saved by tenant mobilization. The story of the saga and the legal path in Quebec.
Airbnb
Evicting a Tenant to Run an Airbnb: The Abuse
Evicting a tenant to turn the unit into an Airbnb: why it's bad faith, what a landlord risks in Quebec, and the only truly legal way to do it.
Airbnb
Illegal Airbnb: What the Case Law Says
Illegal short-term tourist rentals in Quebec: case law shows that a mere Airbnb listing, even with a calendar marked "fully booked," can be enough to prove it.
Airbnb
Old Quebec: freeze on new Airbnb rentals
The City of Québec is freezing new tourist accommodations in Old Quebec to protect its rental housing stock. What can landlords legally do?
Trend
Evictions: +132% in one year (RCLALQ report)
An RCLALQ report reveals a 132% jump in eviction attempts in one year, 3,530 complaints and a surge beyond Montreal. What it changes.
Trend
Repossession requests quadruple in Sherbrooke
Repossession requests have quadrupled in Sherbrooke according to Radio-Canada. What this warning sign reveals about bad faith and the legal path forward.
Trend
TAL Cases Triple: Contested Rent Increases
Cases before the TAL have more than tripled in five years, mostly over rent increases. We break down the law and the legal way to optimize a rent.
Legal framework
Law 65: the 2027 renoviction moratorium
Law 65 imposes a moratorium on evictions and renovictions in Quebec until June 6, 2027. What changes for landlords and the legal alternative.
Legal framework
Renovictions and repossessions: your rights
Renovictions, repossessions, renovations: what the law actually allows, why a "temporary" evacuation that becomes permanent is illegal, and your rights.
Trend
Renoviction and Seniors: The Report Raising the Alarm
A research report from the FRQ documents renovictions that push senior tenants out of the private rental market. What is illegal, and the legal path forward.