Tenant Risk Verification

A guide to tenant screening and what you need to know

tenantriskverification June 5, 2012 0

The need for a place to stay is basic. Not everyone can afford to buy a property, however, so people use renting as a long or short term alternative. As part of the rental

How to Screen a Prospective Tenant for Your Rental Property

tenantriskverification June 4, 2012 0

For a landlord who has plans of selling their home in the future it is important that you preserve not only the value of your property but its good condition. And this can only

Dismembered bodies and gunned-down landlords: Reminders to screen tenants

tenantriskverification June 4, 2012 0

A thorough tenant screening would have revealed red flags for Luka Rocco Magnotta - who allegedly dismembered a human body in his Quebec apartment and sent a foot to the Federal Conservatives - and

Prevent Tenants Misusing Your Property

tenantriskverification June 1, 2012 1

Your success as a landlord depends not on sitting around idly while the rent money rolls in, you need to invest wisely and take proactive measures to protect your investment. Once tenants are handed

How To Handle Bad Tenants

tenantriskverification June 1, 2012 0

Bad tenants are a landlord's worst nightmare. Between not paying their rent, trashing your rental property, allowing pest infestations, committing criminal acts in the property and a hundred other miserable acts, bad tenants can

Two lawsuits highlight legal snags surrounding tenant screening

tenantriskverification June 1, 2012 0

Two recent lawsuits dealing with the deaths of tenants by other tenants could change the face of tenant screening. The first lawsuit was against the Charlotte (N.C.) Housing Authority over a case in which

Good Reasons for a Tenant Background Check

tenantriskverification May 31, 2012 0

Why should property owners screen renters with a Tenant Background Check? A rental application can’t tell a landlord exactly what a credit check can because applicants can lie as well as the application doesn’t give

Landlord Gets Year In Prison For Tenants’ Marijuana Operation

tenantriskverification May 31, 2012 0

A Montana landlord with no criminal history has been sentenced to a year in prison for a medical marijuana operation run by his tenants. Jonathan Janetski, 36, of Flathead Valley, was sentenced by U.S.