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Michael McDevitt Marijuana Question from a Prospective Tenant
4 September 2016 | 12 replies
They are not a protected class.Here are your protected classes per federal law:The FHA, to date, includes seven protected classes: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status.http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-fair-ho...Colorado's list of protected classes is:Protected classes in housing include: Race, Color, Religion, Creed, National Origin/Ancestry, Sex, Disability/Handicap, Sexual Orientation (including Transgender Status), Marital Status, and Familial Status (children under the age of 18 in the household).https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/civil-rights... 
Deb Smith Is saying no to Roomates discrimination
17 August 2016 | 8 replies
Or if your intent was to not rent to a gay couple, and your state doesn't allow discrimination against sexual preference.You probably couldn't get away with it in CA.  
Diane G. Is rejecting 3 tenants a discrimination in SF?
3 August 2020 | 108 replies
., Police Code § 3304Actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, weight, or height S.F.
Tony Ngo Tenant wants to add in husband with criminal record - need advice
18 December 2023 | 66 replies
I'd rather live beside someone like my husband then a sexual predator! 
Tom V. Inherited tenant screening. What to do?
19 August 2016 | 14 replies
Before we agree to working with inherited tenants, we mainly screen for criminal and sexual crimes to help insure everyone's safety.  
Crystal Ward Should I rent to a felon?
17 March 2019 | 36 replies
He might even be a better renter, based on his service history.I would personally be apprehensive with convictions for violent crimes, serious misdemeanors and felonies, felony drug convictions, criminal mischief (vandalism), domestic violence cases (with some exceptions), serious theft cases, and sexual assaults.  
Wade Kulesa Is Dave Ramsey correct? Anyone still around after 10 years?
4 August 2020 | 177 replies
Yes, being a debt free millionaire is way better than being bankrupt, and living a monastic lifestyle sure beats being a drug addict or a prostitute, but going bankrupt and losing everything because he got burned using high interest 90 day loans with no guarantee of renewal like Dave did, then declaring that all debt is bad because of this and saying that 30 year fixed rate loans should be avoided, is like someone who goes out with an ex-con member of a biker gang - gets sexually assaulted by the gang - and then declares that sex is bad and no one should have sex.  
Michael List The Pre-Qualifying Questions
14 April 2023 | 6 replies
"NO sexual or violent crimes" and run a background check.I have properties in FL and AZ so some laws are different.
Nancy Carr Potential tenant charged with sexual misconduct with minor child
20 April 2020 | 14 replies
Shows credit, ok, shows judgments, payment history and says NO convictions.For kicks and giggles, I googled him a few minutes ago and BAM, he was charged  with sexual misconduct with a minor child in March 2018.  
Armand Soto Adding a Tenant with a DUI on Record
20 April 2020 | 30 replies
Also any kind of sexual molestation or theft.