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Renting Residential Property: What Tenants Need to Know

Renting Residential Property: What Tenants Need to Know

Renting Residential Property: What Tenants Need to Know

Real estate professionals have a regulatory requirement to present you with this consumer information before providing services to you.

Role of a Real Estate Professional

The real estate professional who gave you this form represents the owner of this residential rental property. While this real estate professional can provide some limited services to you as a prospective tenant of this rental property, they owe a duty of loyalty to the owner, and are working for the owner’s best interests.

They Cannot:

  • Give you advice on terms and conditions to include in a tenancy agreement
  • Negotiate on your behalf
  • Share any of the owner’s confidential information with you

They Can:

  • Share statistics and general information about the rental property market
  • Provide you with standard forms and contracts such as a rental application and/or tenancy agreement
  • Show the property
  • Assist you to fill out a tenancy agreement
  • Communicate your messages and present your offers to their client

Important Note

As a prospective tenant, you should consider seeking independent professional advice about renting property.

Resources for Tenants

Find information about the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords from:

DISCLOSURE FOR RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES

This is a required disclosure form in compliance with sections 54 and 55 of the Real Estate Services Rules. The real estate professional must present the Renting Residential Property: What Tenants Need to Know information page to you along with this disclosure form.

REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL DISCLOSURE DETAILS
I disclose that I represent the owner of this rental property. I cannot represent you or act on your behalf.

Name: Jolin Team

Team name and members: Julie Wei PREC*, Ginger Sheng PREC*, Bob Zhong, Daniel Wu PREC*, Sharp Peng PREC*, Wenbo Zhao PREC*

Brokerage: Luxmore Realty

Signature: ___________________

Date: ___________________

I acknowledge that I have received the Renting Residential Property: What Tenants Need to Know consumer information page and this disclosure form.

I understand that the real estate professional named above is not representing me as a client or acting on my behalf in this transaction.

Download the PDF file:BCFSA – Disclosure for Residential Tenancies – Renting Residential Property_ What Tenants Need to Know

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