All Forum Posts by: Gabriel Anderson

I just had something similar on a vacant rental. They provided their paystubs and bank statements. I reviewed the paystubs and saw that the ytd (year to date) total went down on one of them! That makes no sense! Anyway, they had some explanation, which actually almost made sense. I had my prop manager call their current landlord (listed on the application) to check the reference. They answered some things different than on the application and when my mgr asked why the house ownership (where they are current renting) is in a well-known large corporation name, they hurried off the phone, and weren't available after.

I contacted the publically listed owner, who is a national corp which owns thousands of rental homes, and they emailed me back that my applicants are currently being evicted! I dodged a bullet on the that one! Bottom line, if it doesn't feel right, triple check and verify everything. 

There are many people that won't check things out as deeply, and they will get problem tenants, don't be that Owner!

I have been burned by fake pay stubs before. They are frighteningly easy to obtain (google it). 

This is easily countered/confirmed by simply contacting the employer for an employment verification.