Tenant With Eviction

[Daniel Paloscio]

I've been trying to rent the front unit of the duplex I recently purchased and live in for about 10 days now, with no luck. Someone wants to move in, but her boyfriend has an eviction on his record from the last year. She has no evictons but has fallen behind on some credit card debt. This was what has been disclosed to me so far. She knows I'll be doing a credit and criminal backround check.

I'm asking $725/month with a $725 security deposit. She has 2 cats and I'm requiring a $250 non-refundable pet fee. I was thinking about telling this possible tenant to pay $725 first/last as well as pet fee and a $725 deposit for a total of $2425 @ move in. Everything I've read advises against renting to someone with an eviction. I thought this situation may be different because one of the tennants has a clean rental history. What do you guys recommend I do in this situation?