4 Essential Tenant Screening Steps

by Linda Rolandis In today’s world, crime affecting landlords directly is at an all time high, ... , false credit reports, and criminal activity. Tenant screening is an essential endeavor to ensure ... also include information pertaining to the tenant’s credit history and/or their ability to make [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 01:08:57

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How to Collect Judgments

Any landlord can tell you all about the joys of rent court; the long wait, the endless string of whining, and then the realization that, ... ) of Execution, which will make the judgment appear on the tenants’ credit report. As you’re probably ... can’t pay anyway. Wonderful.How does a landlord go about collecting a money judgment from a tenant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 15:00:00

Tenant Screening - 4 Essential Steps

by Linda Rolandis In today’s world, crime and corruption is at an all time high and landlords need to feel safe and secure when the key to their property is being handed over to a stranger. There has been a steady increase in tenant fraud, involving property damage, unpaid monthly payments, criminal activity, and false credit reports. Tenant [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 21:42:27

A must read for all landlords

Your job as a landlord just got a lot more bureaucratic and burdensome regarding tenant screening reports that you receive to help you select ... consumers against identity theft, a growing concern in our electronic age. These laws are the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) In brief, 1. Keep [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 17:44:53

Tenants tossed, have nowhere to go

Andre Coleman of PWeekly follows up on his story of the tenants of the apartments on North Raymond.   Twenty of the families have moved out as part of a settlement agreement -- agreement to include that landlord Ahmad Nowaid would not report their evictions to credit agencies.  Nowaid claimed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:18:52

Rent takes bigger bite out of tenants’ wallets

Tenants who feel rents and utility costs are going up faster than their income are right ... for O.C. credit-report firm O.C. foreclosure notices decline ... more going forward because landlord costs are seeing steep increases. For example, while [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 19:00:49

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