Learning More about Becoming a Landlord

Both the Calgary Apartment Association and the Edmonton Apartment Association offer courses, workshops and educational opportunities to landlords in Alberta.

Your local Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board’s services include providing regular and customized workshops for tenants, owner-investors, landlords, property managers, resident managers and outreach workers.

In Alberta, there are Landlord and Tenant Advisory Boards in:

• Edmonton: 496-5959
• Red Deer: 346-4636
• Fort McMurray: 743-5000

Continuing education opportunities also exist for people interested in learning more about becoming a landlord or about the legal system as it applies to landlord and tenant law in Alberta. These courses are all created for people without legal training.

• Edmonton Metro Continuing Education: Law for the Lay Person
• Calgary Chinook Learning Services: Law Made Simple
• Red Deer Public Schools: Law in Red Deer Non-Credit Courses
• Lethbridge Community College: Public Legal Education Courses and Workshops

The Real Estate Institute of Canada offers educational programs that can be taken individually or as part of a program. See www.reic.ca/education/courses.cfm for more information.

February 2006