Newbie Tips Welcome to the new Canadian Landlord Landlord Q & A Forum, which serves as a "mastermind" landlord group with "real" landlords giving input. There is a Q & A Search feature toward the top center of the Q & A Forum to search recent answers in this forum. It's an easy four step process to search a particular topic. 1) simply type in a topic, 2) click "Select" arrow, 3) click "Subject" and 4) click "Search". TO POST A QUESTION, look to the top left hand corner of the screen on the Q & A page, and click the words "CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION". Post your question and return back to the site (click your question topic on left hand index). MOST RECENT DISCUSSIONS. If you like to read the most recent discussions or postings, there is a great feature you can use. 1) Look to the upper portion of the left hand index of the Q & A board. You'll see the words - Click Here for posts from previous 24 hours. If you click that, the discussion topics will be listed in order of the most active threads. Any time a discussion is responded to, that discussion goes to the top of the list. Therefore if you wish to see the active discussions in the most recent hours, just use that 24 hour feature. When posting a question or reply, do NOT use all capital letters in your post. That is very difficult to read, and some will then ignore that post or will make a critical comment about it. When using all capital letters, that is considered "shouting" and is offensive to many. Others may complain when a post is very hard to read because it is disorganized, or has many spelling and grammatical mistakes, or consists of long, long run together sentences. So, if you can, take an extra moment to review your message before posting. TO FIND YOUR ANY RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTION. If you posted a question and are now looking to see if there are any responses, you will need to find your original question. The topic of your question is listed on the left hand index, however, you may have to go far down the index to find it and perhaps even use the "Next" button at the bottom of the index. The easiest way to find the topic of any questions you posted is to use the search feature toward the top center of the Q&A Forum. Type in your name, with the exact spelling that you used when posting your question. CLick the select arrow, and select "author" and then click "Search" (the magnifying glass). The subject or topic headings of any questions you posted recently will soon appear on the left hand index. Click the topic that matches the question you are looking for and your question and any responses will then appear in the middle of the page. Do NOT include your website or email address in your postings or ask others to email their responses to you. Regular contributors to this site like to post answers right on the forum where everyone can read and benefit from all the responses, so it is not necessary or even recommended that you include your email address in your postings. DISCLAIMER: It should be understood that all advice is simply suggestions and all individuals contributing are volunteering information from their wealth of experience. Therefore, since there is no accountability for responses given, and landlord laws vary from province to province and because some contributors have less landlording experience than others, be cautious as you read any single suggestion. We suggest that you read more than one response to get various or confirming answers and seek professional assistance when needed. It is always good to note the province a visitor is from when reading their tip. FORUM MODERATORS We are thankful to have some excellent moderators for this forum. They include: Glenn Trachsel, Arun Pathak and Jason Leonard. You can read more about these moderators by clicking on the Moderators link on the forum. FINAL TIPS: Many new landlords seek a mentor. Let the collective body of our Q & A Forum serve as a "mentor" to you. Read the Q&A DAILY, and you will learn more than you can imagine. And when someone posts a response to your question that is extremely helpful to your situation, it is courteous to post a follow-up "Thank You" and let us know how your situation turned out. Share your success story! It keeps us all motivated. We reserve the right to remove offensive or irrelevant comments. We periodically remove dated postings and posting asked by non-landlords. Remember the purpose of this forum is for and by "landlords". Click here to return to the Q & A Forum.