Think of blind lady justice holding her scale, one side is risk, one side is coc return.

They do national eviction searches as part of their rental background check, and they do a criminal and credit check, too.

You are still allowed to reject that unauthorized roommate if you find criminal or other negative findings from the screening.If you decide to approve the new tenant, just draw up a new lease for a 1 year term (or your choice) with the new rent and make sure all roommates are included on the lease. easier that doing addendums for rent and roommates etc. and you get them to commit to a new 12 month lease so you dont risk move-outs in the middle of winter.

For myself I believe that it is criminal for a tenant to not pay rent owed.

I have my wife who works for the Department of Justice of the United States to call about this matter, maybe that would put some heat up under them.

However, it’s also a field full of potential landmine issues with fair housing.There are important things to remember when using social media to screen tenants.Start with a solid application processIf you’re not starting with a thorough rental application, a credit check, and a criminal background check, go no further.Beyond that, have a checklist of uniform criteria and standards you need each tenant to meet.

However, this is a situation when they deny that their partner has moved in but it appears like they live in the apartment building.This may happen because of bad credit or because of criminal convictions that they do not want to disclose.

What if they have terrible landlord references or a criminal background that includes legally deniable crimes?

It is a criminal offense to trespass on this property"So is this a sight unseen auction?

Again, my question is, what "policies and practices" have you put in place for specific prior criminal behavior?