When purchasing a property with tenants, what are my rights to screen the current tenants, have them sign leases, or evicting the tenants if I need to renovate?

When purchasing a property with existing tenants you are assuming the tenants and the agreements they have with the current landlord whether it’s written or verbal. The fact that they don’t have a lease will not make much of a difference at this point since they are already established as tenants. As the purchaser, you cannot ask them to sign a lease with you unless they agree to it. If your plans are to renovate the building, there are certain conditions that must be met in order to terminate the tenancies. I’ve included a link to the Residential Tenancies Act below, take a look at the sections pertaining to this issue which are sections 50 to 54. http://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17

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