hello, i am hoping to become a  new landlord and wanted to see a few examples of lease forms ( in Alberta preferably) that my tenants would have to sign ( and what format would i have to use in order to make my own).  Also what would be the best way to check  the background/credit score of a tenant ? 

Hey George, you can probably find many examples of leases here on the website, I haven't looked in a while but I'm assuming the document section is still available for free.  Look under "tools".

Hi @George Pedro   I would highly recommend using one specific for Alberta to comply with Alberta Residential Tenancies Act. You can find one here : 

https://www.albertalandlord.org/store/c2/Landlord_Forms_.html

As for background checks, you can have the applicants do it themselves from a place like Equifax and provide you a copy, and/or use TenantVerification(dot)ca

@Zorya Belanger

This is extremely helpful, thank you ❗️

@George Pedro in calgary the residential landlord association can provide much the same package of docs. What we don’t seem to have is a acrobat enabled version where the tenant can fill it out on a computer and sign. Instead I get it mostly filled on my computer and get them to sign and scan back the package. Not as good but at least is digitized at that stage.

Hi @George Pedro ! Were you able to get a good Alberta fixed term lease agreement? I actually am looking for one right now and would love to get a template! Let me know if you found something and where. Thanks!

Rentfaster.ca has a ton of great stuff for landlords