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Mohamed Elsebaei

Confirm the landlord can rent you the home

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Before you sign or pay, make sure the person offering the lease has the right to grant it. That is usually the owner named on the title deed, or someone acting for the owner under a property management agreement or a power of attorney. Ask to see the relevant document, then compare three names: the landlord on the draft lease, the owner on the ownership document and the payee on your cheques. If you are asked to write cheques to a person who is not the owner, pause and ask for the written authority that allows it. A genuine representative can usually show it at once. Keep a copy with your tenancy file. When the names line up, you know who you are dealing with for the whole lease. Prepared by Masterpiece Property. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of an actual property or project.
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