Nightmare tennants are not easy to spot. They look like ordinary respectible people but if you do your homework you can minimize the likelihood of renting to a nightmare tennant.
1) Get to know the tenant. Ask lots of questions. Request copies of paystubs and make sure that they are recent paystubs and it has their name on it. If the paystub is a few months old, chances are they are no longer working for them or not working as much.
2) Have them complete an application requesting the following information:
- the full name, date of birth, their social security number and address in the last 5 years.
- name, address and telephone number of their previous landlord
-amount of previous rent and why they are moving
3) Follow through on checking their answers.
-Call their last landlord and just to make sure that they are the landlord verify the address that their tenant lived in including their zip code/postal code. If they can't tell you that then you know you are not talking to the landlord.
-Ask them why they are moving, if they paid the rent on time, the amount of rent that they paid. If there is hesitation or they can't remember, you know what that means
4) Have them sign the rental application on two separate spots.
-first spot- I hereby certify that the information provided is true and complete and that I have not witheld any information. I undertstand that the owner reserves the right to reject this application. I have read and understand these conditions.
this should be signed and dated by the applicant and co-applicant.
-second spot: I/we hereby give irrevocable permission to the owner or their agent to obtain a consumer/credit report about me.us and to contact previous landlords to obtain information about my/our previous tenancies and/or to contact agencies that provide landlord information, contact my references and take any necessary steps necessary to assess this rental application. I/ we also provide irrevocable consent to the Landlord or their agents to disclose information from my rental application and information arising from any tenancy between us to any third party for the purpose of contributing information on a database of tenant information to be used in providing consumer/credit reports.
Check out this website: it does credit checks on both Canadian and American tenants: Membership is only $30 per year and you get two free credit checks with your membership. (As of this publishing, these were the rates, Please note that these rates are subject to change) The website is Tenchek. They keep a database delinquent tenants as well. They will supply you with the Tenant application which is a requirement.
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