Carlin A Guarneri
Prospective tenant "has Tax ID but no SSN". What does it mean?
Hello,
Prospective tenant informed me her mother who will be living with her (and submitting an app as well) "doesn’t have a social security actually it’s just a tax ID." I've not heard of this before and was hoping...
Abhishek Singhal
Property Manager Troubles: Refusing to share information
Hi All,
We recently exited a contract with a property manager. As part of separation we were expecting for the manager to share the data associated with tenant application. The manager is refusing to share stating p...
Stephan Haas
Toe to Toe and Nose to Nose
Hello Landlords, So I have a 4 unit, with one empty studio....as I am their cleaning it up I get a knock at the door....it's the tenant from another unit and he is pissed at me for calling the cops on him .....long...
Andrew Willits
Two tenants with below 600 credit scores with solid income
Due to COVID we had a solid tenant just move out. We have been doing showings and the best applicants have solid income we verified by paystubs that is 4X the rent. The issue is they have low credit scores below 600 b...
Shital Thakkar
International Tenant
Hi,
International tenant (From UK) is interested in renting my property. He is coming to US for 1 year for comapny related work. His company provides deposit and first month rent... how to screen this tenatn as he do...
Michael Maliszesky
What are some good Tenant Screening Services?
I'm a new landlord looking to get a new tenant. I was wanted to know about people's experiences with different Tenant Screening Services. I have my own paper application. I was looking at rentprep.com, and my friend u...
Anjali L.
Tenant with no SSN or US ID card
Tenant with no SSN or US ID cardI am renting my house in Union city, New Jersey and it’s difficult to find good tenants with credit and SSN. I have a potential tenant who is ready to put down deposit plus one month’s ...
Dan Miles
Screening undocumented immigrants
How do you all screen illegals for a rental property? They have an ITIN but no social. Can I ask the police to check for something?
Minh Lai
Background Check in College Towns
Hello! I will be renting out a town house in a college town (Norman, OK). My question is should I charge a fee and use the money to do a background check? If they're a student I figure it wouldn't be needed. As for a ...
Frank S.
Renting to Illegal Immigrants
I read this article and at the end, the writer said it is better to rent to an illegal immigrant than not to. I have my thoughts but I was wondering what are your thoughts? I'm in the conservative state of Texas but l...