Good schools, debatable - if you haven't already google Chicago Public Schools 2012 teacher's strike.

It seems like it limits the value/protection for landlord of the service SmartMove provides.Having done only 1 verification, it seems to me that SmartMove needs to enable the Tenant/Applicant to be able to send this information, verified by SmartMove, to the Landlord when they do enter into a lease.

However; in the original question "negotiations" were mentioned and I wondered if perhaps the agent didn't want to disclose the license status in order to protect his commission, and thus the questions asking if he was taking a commission on the deal.

forget your "reputation as a buyer" and protect your ability to put food on the table next month.

Entitlements now represent over 60% of the total outlays by the federal government.When will the voting public realize we need to ride a different horse?

Some of that info can be gotten from public records yourself.

My last tenant just left and I ran into so many problems because the lease did not protect me as a landlord.

Best to get your info direct from the source - the IRS has several publications that cover this topic, and you can find those at this next link:http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510.html

I'd probably interpret that to mean that a broker CANNOT legally create a full purchase-and-sale agreement without violating that ruling (just my interpretation).BUT, the court also went on to say the following:"A real estate broker may readily protect himself from a charge of unlawful practice of law by inserting in the document that it is subject to the approval of the respective attorneys for the parties."

They already put the report in for the "Revenue Protection Department".According to the gas man, they have this happen and see this daily, multiple times.