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Police: Tenant Kills West LA Landlord, Then Himself
Calif. (KTLA) -- Police found two men dead Saturday afternoon in what officials are calling a murder/suicide in West Los Angeles. Officers responded to an call requesting ambulance assistance about 12:10 a.m. at a home
Read More »Find a Tenant: Credit Check and Screening
So you just became a landlord and you want to know how to screen tenants and complete that tenant credit check? Well, you are in luck. I just became a rental property owner myself and
Read More »Montreal landlord to pay $34K for tenant damages
Claudio Di Giambattista, a notorious landlord in Montreal, will be forced to pay about $34,000 in moral and punitive damages to some of his former tenants. Di Giambattista owns a 15-unit building on the corner
Read More »Why Do Apartments Conduct Criminal Background Checks?
Most apartments conduct criminal background checks, or so they state on their application. This is usually mandated by certain federal laws and state laws but also many landlords simply want to protect themselves. If
Read More »Stopping crime before it happens
Forest Park Detective Mike O'Connor has a file of tenant horror stories. The local crime-free multihousing officer remembers the new landlord in 2010 who rented her single-story house with two-car garage in the 1500
Read More »Here’s What It Takes To Do Tenant Screening
If you want to secure your rental business, conduct tenant screening. Make sure you conduct tenant screening for your security. There are legitimate ways to screen a tenant. There are important steps in doing
Read More »Landlord blames tenant for drug den
A PARKWOOD landlord has blamed a former tenant for turning a suburban rental home into a drug den complete with cannabis plants weighing 66.6kg. Uri Drozdoff, 37, yesterday told a Southport District Court jury he
Read More »Tenant stores hundreds of pounds of marijuana in Tupperware
A West Valley City woman found a new use for her Tupperware bins — a convenient drug holder, according to police. The 31-year-old woman was charged in 3rd District Court on Thursday for possession of
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