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I just would let my property stand unoccupied before I would lease to an attorney. I'm wondering, since I am not discriminating based on any of the protected classes, if I should just tell applicants this or continue quietly filtering them out? I've had some Landlord friends who have leased to lawyers and really been financially harmed so I just won't expose myself to that kind of risk.
I just would let my property stand unoccupied before I would lease to an attorney. I'm wondering, since I am not discriminating based on any of the protected classes, if I should just tell applicants this or continue quietly filtering them out? I've had some Landlord friends who have leased to lawyers and really been financially harmed so I just won't expose myself to that kind of risk.
Sure you could tell them, but why would you?
If you tick them off, they could jam you up by claiming you denied them based off a protected status and drag you through the courts just to get "even".
Be careful about it because in some states, source of income is a protected class. There is nothing federally that says you must rent to lawyers, but a few states have laws that say that they are a protected class because practicing law is their source of income.
I suspect that the source of income laws were passed to protect section 8 and low income people with less desirable jobs. The laws ended up protecting everyone, though, and that includes lawyers.
Besides state laws, you also need to check on laws specific to your own city.
I think you are wise to not lease to a lawyer. I've also heard that you should never, ever do any kind of real estate transaction with a lawyer because they will look for all kinds of legal loopholes to ********* over.
It's also not a protected class so they can't claim discrimination. Just don't tell them that's why you aren't leasing to them so they can't get mad about it.
I just would let my property stand unoccupied before I would lease to an attorney. I'm wondering, since I am not discriminating based on any of the protected classes, if I should just tell applicants this or continue quietly filtering them out? I've had some Landlord friends who have leased to lawyers and really been financially harmed so I just won't expose myself to that kind of risk.
I love it!
Although, if you were to tell an attorney upfront, you would likely get his ire up enough he might try to stir up trouble.
I just would let my property stand unoccupied before I would lease to an attorney. I'm wondering, since I am not discriminating based on any of the protected classes, if I should just tell applicants this or continue quietly filtering them out? I've had some Landlord friends who have leased to lawyers and really been financially harmed so I just won't expose myself to that kind of risk.
Quietly filter them out. In some states you can discriminate as long as it's a 2 family home or if you own less than a certain number of units which I think is 4.
I wonder if they are taught in law school to be miserable litigating people and to try to cheat as many as they can out of their money. I guess the concept of God and Karma is foreign to them.
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