Larry T.
Application fee not enough
Hello,
As has been my observation, a normal application fee is 20-25 dollars. But if there is a married couple, and you have to run reports on the husband and wife individually, then that would cost at least 40 dolla...
Matthew Olszak
Attn: Cook County Landlords - No Blanket Criminal History Denials
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-housing-ordinance-arrest-record-20190425-story.htmlhttps://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/apartment-landlords-gripe-over-cook-county-housing-di...
John Hyre
Criminal Offense for Not Registering LLC in Cleveland, OH
Ordinance in Cleveland makes it a first degree misdemeanor to buy property in an LLC without registering the LLC to do business in Ohio. Know of an LLC that just got convicted on two counts. $500 fine for each count...
Elizabeth Schartman
Tenant evicted, $2k damages + had criminal background...now what?
Curious for thoughts on what went wrong...thank you for your insights! My tenant stopped paying rent and had to be evicted. While I'm thrilled this person is out, I'm out 3 months rent, plus legal fees and now about...
John Thedford
DOJ Warns Landlords Over Criminal Background Checks On Tenants
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/doj-wa...Who protects the landlords?
Ellie Narie
Househacking a 4plex- one tenant has a criminal history?
I'm about to close on a 4plex pretty soon. One of the tenants has recently moved into one of the units, and this tenant has bankruptcies and a criminal history (this includes burglaries) that is recent. I'm not sure w...
Kali V.
Good tenant per smartmove prior criminal circuit case -guilty
I have a tenant who applied for leasing and has about 615 credit. Smartmove screening has recommendation to accept him. When i was reviewing his prior criminal records history, i noticed a case against him (VA Statute...
Annette Radvansky
Potential Tenant With A Criminal Record and Addiction History
I have an applicant with the above issues. He hasn't yet submitted a formal application (he wrote me a lengthy letter explaining his story), so I don't know his credit history, but I'm unsure whether to proceed even f...
Wendy BK
How to deal with tenants with potential criminal activity?
I just got informed by someone that there was a sexual assault that happened in my rental house several days ago. A girl ran out of the rental house and said she was attacked and asked the neighbor to call 911 . And l...
Greg Scott
HUD offers more protections for criminals trying to rent
In a letter this week Marcia Fudge, Secretary of HUD, indicated that she intends to "reduce barriers to housing among those people with a criminal record". See here for full details. https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfil.....