All Forum Posts by: Jeff Gates

The manager told me it will be system wide soon. $2 a day. 

I have the new tenant do this. Then compare this against what the old tenant did when they moved in.

If you do tenant screening, have both husband and wife checked. As 27% have criminal records.

Is zillow.com charging money now?

I use tenantscreeningforlandords.com , they interview the past landlord and call the employer.

No one should misunderstand. This is a USA wide problem, not specific to one state. 

SSN is only one data point they use. Not the whole data set.

Today it was found criminal and eviction results are flawed if applicant enters wrong data. A landlord has no visibility with this issue and the CRA does not care. 

This applies to all vendors an all CRA's. 

As a landlord, I can only remedy this issue somewhat by having applicants use two different vendors and double up on the background screening. Seems wrong, but it is not.

In theory it can happen twice, but the odds are less. I do not want to rent to applicants with eviction histories and if the screening is flawed I am vulnerable. 

I can't cite the actual flaw for fear the tenants will game the system. 

Don't worry this guy. He does not need a lawyer. He needs new tenants. After a lease has expired the contract is automatically a month to month. Give the tenants a 30 days notice carefully, with process server. I say carefully since they feel like they want to fight. If they get a 30 days notice 35 days ahead of vacancy with a process server. They simply move out. If not, you process a 3 days notice for eviction. Then find nice new tenants who are happy.