Tenant has poor credit

[Gamal R.]

I allowed a tenat with past bankruptcy to rent an apartment. Did not think much of since she had all the monies to move in. But now im worried should I.

For future can I ask for higher deposits for people with poor credit?

[Peter Giardini]

Following up on what Curt mentioned...

I believe it will get harder and harder to find tenants with great credit scores due to all of the foreclosures.

With that being said the things that I always looked for were... what were the causes of the bad credit and more importantly... how long ago were they. If they were more then a year old they had less relevance in the the decision.

The other item was utility judgements. If there were outstanding ultility judgements one has to ask... whose name will the utilities be in.

Good luck!