Questions about my mysterious tenants

kyoto777 wrote: ↑ I have a couple who has been staying at my basement suite for three years. The suite was managed by a management for two years. Last year I took over the management. The management company did not pass me any of the tenants government ID, contacting addresses, job information nor government ID for privacy reasons. The company just passed me the application form. And the tenants refused to give me any of their information. The tenants did pay their rent on time. However, I found out one of the tenant's name on her bank letters does not matched with the name on the tenant application form. In another word, I have no information about the people who live in my house. I am worried. I called the BC tenancy office and they said I can't not ask them to leave for not having their government ID information. I feel unsafe and worried. Your advices would be much appreciated.

kyoto777 wrote: ↑ In another word, I have no information about the people who live in my house. I am worried. I called the BC tenancy office and they said I can't not ask them to leave for not having their government ID information. I feel unsafe and worried. Your advices would be much appreciated.

UrbanPoet wrote: ↑ Try to sneak attack.
Say “we will now only accept personal checks for rental payment. I will pay the cost of $60 for a book of checks that will easily last you 5 years.”

Now you have their name and bank account info!

CNeufeld wrote: ↑ Not sure if serious, but... Most likely you can’t change requirements like that mid-tenancy.

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lolbeast wrote: ↑ There’s a lot of things you can’t do but most tenants are not LTB lawyers and will likely just accept a reasonable request.

CNeufeld wrote: ↑ But the OP's tenant has already made it clear that they don't want to provide their identity to the OP, so...

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lolbeast wrote: ↑ You never know until you try.

And hiding your identify as a tenant to your landlord is super sketchy. How is this allowed?

CNeufeld wrote: ↑ Not sure if serious, but... Most likely you can’t change requirements like that mid-tenancy.

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board123 wrote: ↑ What are the chances the OP is actually the tenant?

moeymoeymoeymoe wrote: ↑ You make no sense. For three years you have no information about them, and only now you begin to worry?
For the past year you managed them, for 2 years prior, it was a prop manager. Nothing about the tenants have changed except your perception of them.

Now all of a sudden you feel unsafe. Get a grip on your life.