Generally, its the amount a person paid for the property.
Example — a tenant has paid money to a landlord for a one-bedroom apartment in a good neighborhood in Alberta. Their rent payments are 1,800 a month or 9,800 a year. But that's not enough to cover the entire monthly rent amount. The tenant has 6,300 available to cover only half of the rent. If that's true, the landlord can go after the tenant's share of the total rent, just as they would if the tenant didn't keep up with their rent payments. There is little they can do to force the tenant to increase their rent because it's not the landlord's responsibility to make this happen. That's why landlords are so often able to get a judge to increase their annual rent by as much as 70% or more. If your lease or rental agreement requires the landlord to pay you more than you're legally entitled to pay, talk to a licensed lawyer. The details of a particular situation may change when you talk with a lawyer.
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