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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 655459" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>My husband and I are landlords and are pretty picky about who we rent to. We only have one property, a single family home. I do a pretty thorough check on prospective tenants. I utilize our county's website to see if there is any criminal background, law suits, bankruptcies and I also contact their employers. We are good landlords and we take good care of our investment property so we want to make sure we have someone who is responsible. Ironically, we purchased this house for our son to live in, he had been released from prison and we were trying to help him out. All we wanted him to do was get a job and start getting his life together, that didn't work out so good.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/wellduh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wellduh:" title="wellduh :wellduh:" data-shortname=":wellduh:" /></p><p></p><p>We took a chance one time on a couple and the guy was honest with us that he had some trouble with the law (fighting). Things were good for about 6 months then they started being late with the rent, then he lost his job. I checked our counties website and saw that he had new charges for fighting. Per our lease agreement they got too far behind on the rent so we evicted them. Lesson learned.</p><p>You are so right about how our difficult child's actions will cause them problems for years to come.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of slumlords out there who will rent to anyone.</p><p></p><p>I agree with SWOT</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's a couple of links that go over questions to ask.</p><p><a href="http://renters.apartments.com/12-questions-to-ask-a-property-manager-before-signing-a-lease" target="_blank">http://renters.apartments.com/12-questions-to-ask-a-property-manager-before-signing-a-lease</a></p><p><a href="http://allswagga.com/blog/2010/05/19/75-questions-to-ask-before-renting-an-apartment/" target="_blank">http://allswagga.com/blog/2010/05/19/75-questions-to-ask-before-renting-an-apartment/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 655459, member: 18516"] My husband and I are landlords and are pretty picky about who we rent to. We only have one property, a single family home. I do a pretty thorough check on prospective tenants. I utilize our county's website to see if there is any criminal background, law suits, bankruptcies and I also contact their employers. We are good landlords and we take good care of our investment property so we want to make sure we have someone who is responsible. Ironically, we purchased this house for our son to live in, he had been released from prison and we were trying to help him out. All we wanted him to do was get a job and start getting his life together, that didn't work out so good. :wellduh: We took a chance one time on a couple and the guy was honest with us that he had some trouble with the law (fighting). Things were good for about 6 months then they started being late with the rent, then he lost his job. I checked our counties website and saw that he had new charges for fighting. Per our lease agreement they got too far behind on the rent so we evicted them. Lesson learned. You are so right about how our difficult child's actions will cause them problems for years to come. There are plenty of slumlords out there who will rent to anyone. I agree with SWOT Here's a couple of links that go over questions to ask. [URL]http://renters.apartments.com/12-questions-to-ask-a-property-manager-before-signing-a-lease[/URL] [URL]http://allswagga.com/blog/2010/05/19/75-questions-to-ask-before-renting-an-apartment/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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