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Don Konipol The 5 Levels of Financial Fraud
20 August 2024 | 2 replies
In my experience these are the levels of how financial fraud is doneLevel 1 - The “sponsor” is a fraudster from the beginning and the entire investment is a designed fraud designed to steal the investor's money Level 2 - The sponsor initially intends to operate legally and honestly but the temptation of easy access to money, usually fueled by addictions to drugs, sex, partying, etc. leads to the bad decision to line the sponsors own pocketsLevel 3 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but a crisis in their life resulting in a need for money leads the sponsor to “borrow” from investor’s funds with the full intention of paying it back ( which they are unable to do).Level 4 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but the assets under their management incur substantial loses; the sponsor attempts to cover up these loses by “temporarily” borrowing from one investor to pay another or submitting false results.
Rick M. GA Landlord Advice about Evictions
16 August 2024 | 2 replies
They will sneak in a couple dogs, a second family, or their sex predator boyfriend.
Jay Levy Applicant Screening Process
14 August 2024 | 9 replies
So, we obtaina full credit report and review collections, chargeoffs, age of credit accounts, active accounts, etc.to build an overall credit evaluation.FICO ScorePct of PopulationDefault Probability800 or more13.00%1.00%750-79927.00%1.00%700-74918.00%4.40%650-69915.00%8.90%600-64912.00%15.80%550-5998.00%22.50%500-5495.00%28.40%Less than 4992.00%41.00%Source: Fair Isaac CompanyPublic RecordsWe also obtain data from national databases about evictions, convictions and sex-offender histories.
Vivek Kumar Mixed feeling on the application. Help me decide
9 August 2024 | 5 replies
Violent criminals and sex offenders are high risk.
Kristine Lambert Would appreciate advice on tenant screening and a big inconsistency...
5 August 2024 | 10 replies
There's a reasonable chance he's a felon or sex offender or something similar which ends up disqualifying her from housing, or perhaps she is on Section 8 or similar and they are trying to hide his income. 
Michael Robertson RV park purchase Due Diligence
31 July 2024 | 3 replies
In addition to that, we like to check with the police, fire, insurance, sex offender status, and anything that might affect the operations of the park.
Jay Hinrichs national rent control
22 July 2024 | 120 replies
ya maybe being able to choose your own tenant and disregard discrimination laws for race religion sex disability because you owner occ one of the units.. falls under something different but it is federal law.. unless prohibited by state county or city.. the owner of a 1 to 4 unit who lives in one of the units does not have to follow the selection rules..
Nicholas Frugale Has anyone used the Zillow application / screening process for their rentals
9 July 2024 | 12 replies
The screening includes an Experian credit report, national criminal search, sex offender search and eviction search.  
Jon K. (Current) Tenants say the dumbest things, too...
12 July 2024 | 281 replies
Last year I received a call from a man renting what used to be my personal home, explaining to me that he didn't have the money for rent, wouldn't anytime soon because of a job loss, and asked me if we could barter rent, for sex with his wife.
Rachel Jones Screening Tenants- Verification Recommendations for previous landlord and employment
1 July 2024 | 6 replies
So, we obtain a full credit report and review collections, chargeoffs, age of credit accounts, active accounts, etc. to build an overall credit evaluation.FICO ScorePct of PopulationDefault Probability800 or more13.00%1.00%750-79927.00%1.00%700-74918.00%4.40%650-69915.00%8.90%600-64912.00%15.80%550-5998.00%22.50%500-5495.00%28.40%Less than 4992.00%41.00%Source: Fair Isaac CompanyPublic RecordsWe also obtain data from national databases about evictions, convictions and sex-offender histories.