Prospective Tenant - advice needed

[BusyMeAK]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

Where did you get the contact tel# for the landlord? How do you know it's not someone she knows that answers the phone acting like they are his office?

We live in a small town, she gave me his name (not extremely common one), I checked online, found where he works, called his office. His cell is on the auto, so he is probably out of country.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Let's see:

1 really bad work reference

1 unenthusiastic work reference of a very short time frame and it sounds suspiciously like she won't be there very long.

no landlord reference at all

not enough income

criminal record unknown

eviction record unknown.

This could be a real learning experience for you. Or, you could take my word for it that it is cheaper to have a unit sit empty than it is to put a bad tenant in there.

[spankys bbq]

So you're saying no one in the landlord's office can give a rental reference or verification? Something isn't right. You don't go on vacation and make a business stop until you get back. Well, not a property business.

Pass on this one and get a better applicant. I think you already know you should.

[BusyMeAK]

Originally Posted by oregonwoodsmoke

Let's see:

1 really bad work reference...eviction record unknown.

This could be a real learning experience for you. Or, you could take my word for it that it is cheaper to have a unit sit empty than it is to put a bad tenant in there.

- I feel like all you guys are right.
Thank you.

[BusyMeAK]

Originally Posted by spankys bbq

So you're saying no one in the landlord's office can give a rental reference or verification? .

- It was not his rental office. He probably doesn't have one. It's his appraiser's office.