Applicant of the Day

[Teresa F.]

I get an application.  Employment looks great!  YAY.  So I start checking court records and prior landlords.  Eviction.  Eviction.  Eviction.  Most recent landlord faxes back that applicant lived there three months before skipping and was late twice.  

So I call applicant and say . . . . 

I need a landlord reference where you have lived for over a year and have paid on time, every time during that year.  Do you have one?  

Applicant is silent for a moment then says . . . I was on time with my former landlord but he can't give a reference because he is now in the witness protection program.