After 10 months of not paying rent, I finally had my tenant arrested!!!

last month I wrote a post about how a deadbeat scammed me using forged documents and stopped paying rent/utility since March 2020, using COVID as an excuse. The post got a lot of attention and made to the top of this subreddit. I want to give you guys an update on the situation.(Original Post is here)https://ift.tt/3s8Elbn want this to be an educational post for landlords/potential landlords. I hope you can learn from my mistakes. Personal Finance is not just about wealth accumulation, it’s also about wealth protection.​Background:you can read the original post for back story.Current situation:After the online tribunal with the landlord tenant board, I received an eviction order (adjudicator give this deadbeat another 20 days to move). I was prepared for him to disobey the eviction order and have the sheriff come to throw him out (on average it takes sheriffs three weeks after eviction order date) … but then… bamm… he was ARRESTED by the police for fraud … Six month after I filed fraud report, police finally decided to move on him . They went to his house couple times first (he didn’t open the door). The police left a note on his door requesting him to go to the police station and explain himself, which he refused to do (maybe he thought this would go away somehow). Police then applied for an arrest warrant and they finally arrested this deadbeat last week!!! I am not sure what the next step would be but lets hope he is charged. On a side note, I want to write something about the law enforcement… when I first got in contact with the fraud investigator, he told me that it’s a very tricky situation, because even the deadbeat is arrested and charged, he technically can not be evicted because only LTB can end a tenancy. The investigator even told me “I will arrest the guy and ask him to leave your property “voluntarily” because the SYSTEM has failed you”… this is the sentiment I get when I spoke the police officers, the Ombudsman’s office, even staffs from LTB… they all recognize how absurd the laws are in place… People are refusing to pay and nothing can be done about it.One positive thing about the arrest is that he became much more compliant and even told me he was ready to find a new place and he would move out soon ~~Then, last week, I received a call from an unknown number asking if I am the owner of 1234 Happy Boulevard (my rental property) … at first I was a little puzzled, then the caller said he received a rental application from XXX and he found some abnormalities in his application, he took the initiative and found my old rental ad and my phone number. I told him the truth~ and he thanked me for it… however, all this deadbeat had to do is to find one landlord who fail to do due dilligence and he gets to live rent free for another year or two, rinse and repeat … Judging by the fact that he moved out today, he already found his next victimConclusion/Lessons:if you are thinking about becoming a landlord in Canada or anywhere in North America, think twice! The laws are heavily favouring the tenants. On average, it takes 6-9 months to evict a non-paying deadbeat (before COVID). Right now, we are looking at between 1-2 years during COVID. I suspect people who filed eviction request later this year will have a non-paying deadbeat for at least another year….. I submitted a L1 (eviction hearing request for non-payment) in April 2020. No one has reviewed my application yet. The eviction blitz you are hearing on the news~ these are deadbeats from before COVID. I know someone who filed in Jan 2020 and still can’t get a hearing scheduledIt’s better to leave your place vacant than renting to someone who isn’t an ideal tenant.It’s better to leave your place vacant than renting to someone who isn’t an ideal tenant.It’s better to leave your place vacant than renting to someone who isn’t an ideal tenant. I wrote this three times because it is so so important. The law does not protect you. You must protect yourselflearn the system, use the resource that are available out there, even if they are not ideal~. Even though I knew the police did not have the authority to evict him, I still insisted that a police case must be raised as I needed it to file an urgent hearing request with the Landlord Tenant Boardthere are no failure, only life lessons. we are all human, we make mistakes. I know it’s easy to feel down and blame yourself for making mistakes, but learn from it and don’t make the same mistake again. You learn more from mistakes than success.Feel free to ask me any question you have about eviction. I think I am pretty knowledgeable on this subject now via /r/PersonalFinanceCanada https://ift.tt/35pWLdR