{"id":6783,"date":"2026-02-20T09:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:45:44","slug":"stop-dont-send-that-deposit-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/02\/20\/stop-dont-send-that-deposit-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cStop. Don\u2019t send that deposit yet.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/how-soon-before-moving-in-do-you-pay-a-deposit-copy.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1><strong>\u201cStop. Don\u2019t send that deposit yet.\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>How soon before moving in do you actually pay first and last month\u2019s rent in Canada?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It depends on your province, and knowing the difference can protect you from rental scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re apartment hunting in 2026, this is something you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f What\u2019s due at lease signing<br>\u2714\ufe0f What\u2019s due on move-in day<br>\u2714\ufe0f What\u2019s illegal to charge<br>\u2714\ufe0f How to protect yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save this.<br>Share it with someone signing a lease.<br>Live your Rent Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Full article in bio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Rent-Life.ca\">www.Rent-Life.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 Download the app: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd12 Tenant insurance: <a href=\"https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife\">https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStop. Don\u2019t send that deposit yet.\u201d How soon before moving in do you actually pay first and last month\u2019s rent in Canada? It depends on your province, and knowing the difference can protect you from rental scams. If you\u2019re apartment hunting in 2026, this is something you need to know. \u2714\ufe0f What\u2019s due at lease&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/02\/20\/stop-dont-send-that-deposit-yet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cStop. Don\u2019t send that deposit yet.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[757,744,709,651,522,338,718,717,523,703,704,22,719,720,530,531,650,23,706,17,648,18,622,329,691,400,86,585,21,755,756,588,589,735,9,518,649,11,643,14],"tags":[758,176,708,646,716,715,700,701,441,407,121,721,722,645,113,644,114,123,513,241,278,115,647,256,487,474,473,368,240],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6790,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions\/6790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}