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For landlords and property owners

Owning rental property means carrying obligations that change with the postcode: what you may deduct, how long you have to return a deposit, what has to be certified before a tenant moves in. These guides set out what actually applies where you let, and the rent check tells you what your own property should be earning.

Guides for landlords

Compliance· CA

Canadian landlord compliance checklist

A compliance checklist for Canadian landlords and property managers: provincial tenancy regimes, rent increase rules, deposit differences, standard leases and human rights obligations.

4 min read

Compliance· DE

German landlord compliance checklist

A compliance checklist for landlords and Verwalter in Germany: Kaution rules, Betriebskostenabrechnung deadlines, Mietpreisbremse, Energieausweis and record keeping.

4 min read

Compliance· NZ

New Zealand landlord compliance checklist

A compliance checklist for New Zealand landlords and property managers: Healthy Homes standards, bond lodgement, insulation and insurance statements, smoke alarms and rent rules.

4 min read

Compliance· AU

Australian landlord compliance checklist

A compliance checklist for Australian landlords and property managers: bond lodgement, condition reports, minimum standards, entry notices and trust accounting.

4 min read

Compliance· GB

UK landlord compliance checklist (England)

A pre-tenancy and in-tenancy compliance checklist for landlords in England: deposit protection, gas and electrical safety, Right to Rent, EPC and required documents.

4 min read

Compliance· US

US landlord compliance checklist

A practical pre-tenancy and in-tenancy compliance checklist for US landlords and property managers: fair housing, deposits, disclosures, screening and trust accounting.

4 min read

Compliance· CA

Renting in Canada: why the rules change with the province

Residential tenancy in Canada is provincial, not federal. How rent-increase limits, deposits, notice periods and the tribunals differ across provinces like Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec.

6 min read

Compliance· US

US security deposit rules: why they change at every state line

Maximum amounts, return deadlines, itemised deductions and interest requirements for residential security deposits vary state by state. What stays constant, and what you have to check locally.

6 min read

Compliance· NZ

The New Zealand Healthy Homes Standards: a landlord's checklist

The five Healthy Homes Standards covering heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and draught stopping, the compliance-statement obligation, and what NZ landlords and managers have to evidence.

6 min read

Accounting· US

Schedule E and 1099s: the US rental tax paperwork, explained

How rental income and expenses flow onto Schedule E, when property managers must issue a 1099-NEC to contractors and a 1099-MISC to owners, and the records that make tax time painless.

6 min read

Compliance· GB

Section 21 is gone: UK lettings compliance after the Renters' Rights Act

Section 21 no-fault evictions ended on 1 May 2026. What replaced them, the Section 8 grounds, and the deposit-protection, Right to Rent and safety rules UK letting agents still have to get right.

7 min read

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