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Any suggestions? I contacted my prospective tenant's prior landlord and they lied to me; they said he was a good tenant and always paid on time, yet after a credit investigation I discovered they had put him in collections...? When I called them back they hung up on me
Any suggestions? I contacted my prospective tenant's prior landlord and they lied to me; they said he was a good tenant and always paid on time, yet after a credit investigation I discovered they had put him in collections...? When I called them back they hung up on me
That's why I take a LL referral as a 50/50. They don't want to say anything bad because they want that tenant gone or don't want to get sued. So I go by background checks, credit, income and how the interviews go what they say how they react to my questions. People will tell you anything they think you want to hear.
Did the applicant say he had a account in collections? No? Lied on application. Sorry denied. Next applicant
Are you sure you spoke with the actual landlord? Hopefully you found out before you let him sign a lease. It's why you check everything out and not skimp.
Deny the applicant. Don't tell them why. If you ask them about the situation of the collections, they will have a good story to tell you about how something went wrong and they got put into colletions because of some technicality. They almost always try to talk you into how great they are....with an excuse for all their bad behavior. Don't fall for this.
It likely was a friend that lied for them on the phone. And when you called back they couldn't come up with a response so they hung up.
Too many red flags here. Deny this applicant unless you want to be the next landlord that gets the short end of the stick.
That's why you speak to two different landlords and verify that the person you are speaking to is really the landlord. Check with the county assessor to see who owns the property. Check to see where the owner of the property lives. If the landlord lives at the address that the applicant says he is renting, there is something off and you need to figure out what it is
Almost always an applicant who has been living as a roommate will give you one of the roommates as their landlord reference. You don't want to speak to the roommate, you want to speak to the owner or the management company. The real landlord will often not even know that your applicant was living there. That's a rejection.
I always take two previous LL references. I never call the most recent. As said before, they may want the applicant out, and will say anything to get rid of that tenant. I may do a drive by of where they are moving from if feasible. An outside evening look will tell you a lot about what the place looks like.
I always call the second previous LL to check on history. A key question is "would you rent to that tenant again?"
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