All Forum Posts by: Melissa Crimp

@Christopher Robert Noland Thank you so much for this!

Thank you both for your input! 

Hi. We have a few investment homes in Roanoke, VA for long-term rentals. When screening potential tenants, I've learned that the Zillow application doesn't show much, if anything, and the TransUnion SmartMove isn't proving to be much better. Lucky for me, Virginia court records are my best place for searching evictions, warrant in debt, etc.

My question is - if nothing comes up on a background check, but I find court records that tell me something different, can I use those as a reason to deny? 

Also - I'm dealing with an applicant right now who appears to live with a family member (same last name, listed as the landlord on her application) who was just served an eviction notice on September 14. I won't be renting to her, but she keeps checking in about her application, and I'm not sure how to deny her and don't want to say that I've looked up all these records. 

Any advice is appreciated! 

Hello! We recently got out of a contract (in Virginia) due to inspection and when we received our earnest money deposit back, it had $145 taken out of it for a title search fee. Is this normal? Friends that I've talked to (investing in other states) say they've always gotten the full amount back, so I'm wondering if this is a state to state thing or if I should argue against the fee. 

Any thoughts/advice appreciated!