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dinosaur · 09-19-2012, 01:38 PM

Thats pretty much how Grid and I are.

Yes, we do a credit check and yes, we do a reference check but most of the time we have a pretty good idea of what those two things are going to say...it just confirms our suspicions.

I can usually tell within 30 seconds of meeting a potential tenant if I want them to live in a property we manage. Just yesterday I have a chick want to view an apt. Her first question was, "do you do credit checks". To that I responded, "yes, why?". She says she "just got out of rehab and her car was possessed" while she was there and now her credit is shit....can she "use her father's credit for the application?"

Um...can you count how many red flags there were in that 15 second conversation!?

We do not rent to anyone to fill the void....I don't care if the place sits empty for a month and our owners feel the same way. $800+ in loss of rental revenue is nothing compared the the loss you may have with a terrible tenant. It is never worth it.

09-19-2012, 01:38 PM	#34
dinosaur Banned By Establishment Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: bedroom Posts: 3,112 Thanked 3,492 Times in 1,176 Posts Failed 441 Times in 145 Posts	Thats pretty much how Grid and I are. Yes, we do a credit check and yes, we do a reference check but most of the time we have a pretty good idea of what those two things are going to say...it just confirms our suspicions. I can usually tell within 30 seconds of meeting a potential tenant if I want them to live in a property we manage. Just yesterday I have a chick want to view an apt. Her first question was, "do you do credit checks". To that I responded, "yes, why?". She says she "just got out of rehab and her car was possessed" while she was there and now her credit is shit....can she "use her father's credit for the application?" Um...can you count how many red flags there were in that 15 second conversation!? We do not rent to anyone to fill the void....I don't care if the place sits empty for a month and our owners feel the same way. $800+ in loss of rental revenue is nothing compared the the loss you may have with a terrible tenant. It is never worth it.