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Robert Curls Rent to someone who Shortsaled their home
11 April 2014 | 17 replies
Ones of the horizon if not already enacted in some areas are sexual orientation, veteran status, and ultimately genetic information.Basically just treat everyone the same.
Angela Henderson I thought I knew what I was doing but Maybe I don't???
11 February 2015 | 25 replies
This is what is on page 1 of the application:Our Criteria:We do not deny housing for race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, sexual orientation, marital status, or familial status.We do deny housing to individuals: when the application is not complete or accurate where there is not sufficient income/resources to pay rent and livewhere there is poor prior tenancy: evictions, violations, damage to rental property, poorly handled move outs, amounts are still owing to landlords or utilities.Criminal activity is at our discretion depending on severity, number of convictions, and how long ago.In your specific case I would deny them for having a prior eviction, unless I could reach the landlord and determine that they complied and have paid amounts owing.  
Brandon S. Section 8 tenant specifics
9 November 2014 | 14 replies
I'm not judging the indivduals on their race, sex, sexuality or religious beliefs.
Melissa N. Sexual Offenders in the area
17 May 2016 | 1 reply

Hello BP! We are looking at a property in "the path of progress" in Charlotte. The numbers look good. I just ran a search and figured out that a registered sex offender is currently living in one of the units. As far ...

John Chapman The problems with small multi-families (at least in DFW)
8 August 2014 | 35 replies
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, age, pregnancy, denial of ... www.dfeh.ca.gov/Publications_FEHADescr.htm Even though the above definition does not specifically state this applies to housing the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing brochure below says as much. http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/res/docs/Publications/DFEH-157H.pdf And yes I agree - bad information is worse than no information.
Ben Startz Deal Gone Bad? Your thoughts???
12 November 2013 | 5 replies
In doing my homework, I found that two of the tenants are on the sexual offender list (they have lived in the complex for 9/10 years).
Leigh Ann Smith Podcast Suggestion - RV Parks
11 May 2016 | 4 replies
There was one sexual offender that was registered with the county that lives there.  
Mark Yuschak Came across a "wholesaler"...
31 December 2008 | 19 replies
hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLD_en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=neil+helmkay&spell=1 Of particular interest was this article where he sexually assulted a women, slashed two by-standers, and beat another guy over the head with a mailbox he pulled out of the ground: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?
Anthony Capozzi Do you check sex offender registries before buying
22 January 2018 | 1 reply
It contains a notice to the purchaser instructing that all due diligence with respect to adjacent parcels be performed and includes instructions for obtaining information on sexual offenders from the local police department.Have any of you run across similar statements in property disclosures before?
Brenda Norris Finally got Renter who thinks she makes the rules out, now what ?
7 August 2017 | 26 replies
Imagine someone having gotten a key (for whatever reason, however, doesn't matter), and using it to go in and commit a sexual assault, murder, etc because a landlord didn't change them between tenants.