Hello all, In New Zealand there is a property manager who deals with the lowest social economic groups as tenants. He has seen and heard everything when it comes to tenants. I have posted one of his stories below:
Tenancy applicants like ships in the night
A relation asked me to help her vet a tenant last weekend.
She is letting a brand new house they have just purchased. Not being experienced investors they are real keen to find a tenant urgently.
So here is the application that was sent in for credit checking. (They applied under my name in order to comply with privacy code).
Mrs tenant is a nurse and Mr is a quantity surveyor for a Government owned company. Regretfully he was not able to attend the viewing due to pressing business commitments out of town.
1 Check on Mrs shows that the 37-year-old “nice†lady has never had a check done on her before.
2 Check on Mr 38 year old also shows he has never applied for credit either.
3 Before their current 7-month long tenancy they lived in their owner occupied property in Wellington. An ownership check indicated no such name on the record.
4 A free check of the property indicates it was last sold two years ago. So much for moving from it 7 months ago.
5 A check of their motor vehicle registration indicated that the plates must have been stolen from a local road construction firm off one of their road making machines.
6 I look up the phone number of the Government owned entity that Mr works for. Alas they must have an unlisted number. Not in the white pages.
7 I report back to my trusting desperate relative. The answer was but she is a very nice lady. I cannot believe what you are saying.
If you want more of Glenn's stories such as the time he was nearly attacked in court by a mad tenant send me a PM and I will send you the link to where he submits these articles. He offers a lot of advice.
Cheers
Marc
