On to this week’s guest, Kevin Costain is the poster boy for reform being needed in Ontario and he’s doing something about it as the new Chair of SOLO: Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario.  He’s fighting for the small everyday investor like I do.

He is the author of the book “Rent To Ruin” where he documents his ordeal with his tormentor: the tenant living in Kevin’s house.

It is an all too common story where an everyday homeowner has a life change, makes what used to be a financially pragmatic decision to rent out his house to Barry instead of selling it. What proceeded to happen is easily among the worst I’ve ever heard and that is not hyperbole.

For a sneak peak, I fed the transcript of this interview to Chatgpt and asked what crimes the tenant could have been charged with.  Here’s the list:

• Arson
• Vandalism/theft
• Fraud
• Criminal harassment
• Illegal drug cultivation

 

Kevin walking through his burnt out house with the CBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UwYXLdfeD4

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