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Investigator calling for tenant
An investigator called and left a message to landlord to talk about serving a document to tenant. Does the landlord have to call back the investigator.
No, you do not have to call him back. If he does manage to talk to you, you do not have to answer any questions. All of that is up to a court of law.
This guy is not an investigator, he is a process server, in other words, he gets paid if he just delivers a piece of paper to the person he seeks. Don't call him back, if he calls you, just tell him you have no information, no forwarding address, nothing. He may even ask for contact information from the rental application. Do not give it to him.
If you are the tenant he seeks, don't worry, no landlord in his right mind will give the process server any information.
She is current tenant. Investigator calls the LL's work phone constantly, how would LL confirm this is a legitimate investigator. He left a 800 number.
She is current tenant. Investigator calls the LL's work phone constantly, how would LL confirm this is a legitimate investigator. He left a 800 number.
Kinda sounds like a debt collector to me. Those people are sneaky. I've had debt collectors message me on Facebook of all places trying to get me to give up info on people they're looking for that they know I know.
She is current tenant. Investigator calls the LL's work phone constantly, how would LL confirm this is a legitimate investigator. He left a 800 number.
They aren't legitimate because they are harassing you repeatedly. Debt collectors aren't supposed to contact a 3rd party more than once. Look up the relevant law and quote it at them the next time they call. Threaten to report them for harassment, etc. It usually gets them to stop.
I had someone come to my office once doing a background check on a prior tenant for security clearance, but he had his official ID with him, and had all the information he wanted already, he just wanted confirmation. So the conversation went along the lines of "I show a forwarding address of 123 Main St, Everytown, ID, is that what he reported to you?" and "I show an emergency contact of "John Smith at 123-456-7890, is that who he listed for his emergency contact with you?", and "I show he paid $1000 in rent and lived here for 14 months, is that correct?", etc. Everything was exactly right, and all I had to say is "yes, that is what I show, as well". I have no problem doing that.
Other than that, I don't give my tenant's information out to anyone. I respond to these calls by saying: "If you would like me to pass your contact information on to the tenant, I would be happy to do that. Other than that, there is nothing I can do to help you. Do not contact me again."
She is current tenant. Investigator calls the LL's work phone constantly, how would LL confirm this is a legitimate investigator. He left a 800 number.
Sounds like harassment to me. If you are the LL...I would be trying to confirm anything, I'd be trying to gt them to quit calling my number.
You can call your telephone provider, sometimes they have free options, and sometimes they have paid options. How to block nuisance calls - Verizon Forums
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