Thank lyou --73.194.xx.xxx

I'd take this reference with a grain of salt and look really hard at everything else. --50.32.xxx.xxx

I don't count family, friends, or other close associate references, and I tell applicants that. If they have no residential references, that doesn't necessarily DQ them, but it means everything else has to be at least good or better. An extra deposit up to your state's maximum is also an option. --173.17.xx.xx

I would start with checking the property records to ensure that these relatives really do own the property. --70.208.xx.xxx

is a Small Piece of the Puzzle. --47.35.xx.xx

She has poor credit she says because she went through divorce. She's starting new job although she could be on disability due to her surgery. Boyfriend not much references but good ones from employer and landlord/neighbor (don't have Social security yet) can't verify much --73.194.xx.xxx

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I can't think of anyone with this background history who has stayed less than two and some have stayed many more years than that. --50.82.xxx.xx

Maybe I'm not being fair but I don't put any stock in stories they tell me about their credit and why it is bad. I have criteria for the credit that I have worked out and they either fit into it or they don't. --72.188.xxx.xx

Her income / job history was good. I started with NJ Courts website. It showed she had an eviction action pending at an address she didn't disclose. This address was an apartment above the owner's doctor's office. I searched for a phone #. Called his office, gave my first & last name as it appears on caller ID, and mentioned how I found this doctor. Guess what. The receptionist started singing like a canary. Tenant paid rent okay but left her mother alone during the day. One day water started pouring through the ceiling. Office personnel went upstairs, yelled and knocked on door, but mother wouldn't let them in! Police & fire people were called, they broke in to find an overflowing (not malfunctioning) bathtub. Over $6,000 in damage. Thank God for due diligence. I research everybody - period. Good luck. --73.195.xxx.xxx

Thanks Tony for that post. Good way of thinking outside of the box! --72.188.xxx.xx

How exactly do you perform due diligence and check court records? --73.194.xx.xxx

Always ask if they have any apartments or houses for rent then depending on the answer you will know if they are really a landlord or relative. When a credit check is done then check out address that comes up on credit reports. If they are moving every three to four months or have any unpaid utilities or bills then let them walk. --184.147.xx.xxx

You will have to do the credit check and get the report to get the truth about this one. Read between the lines when you see it. Look at her facebook page if you can or the boyfriend's page. Do a drive by of her current residence. My feeling is that she will be slow pay and not someone whose rent you can easily raise. Is there a child? Find out. Seems like one of them has one who might be a problem --73.33.xxx.xxx

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Yesterday, Originally she said she will pay for rent and security but banks were closed due to holiday, etc. She supposed to start work today, but postponed it and did not have a letter of employment. She said she wants the apartment right away. I ran preliminary background check from the applications and when she finally came back I told her I need to run the background check completely she was giving me all kinds of issues about bad credit and that she had take some small stuff after she list the baby and wasn't healed. She had a lot of excuses why her boyfriend does not want to pay for it neither for the deposit. She also said she ran the background check on me and on the area and that she can get for that price bigger place so I ended up wasting old that time for nothing --73.194.xx.xxx

Anita...you didn't waste all that time for nothing. You dodged a bullet. Congratulations. Hopefully the next application will be from a quality tenant. --68.107.xxx.x

Anita - I use a search service where I got previous addresses. I think this site offers one. Costs me about $60.00 for 6 months. --73.195.xxx.xxx

What's that site? So you are paying monthly or annually or per check? --73.194.xx.xxx

What's that site? So you are paying monthly or annually or per check? --73.194.xx.xxx

been verified --73.195.xxx.xxx

www judiciary state nj us/ --73.195.xxx.xxx

add the dots --73.195.xxx.xxx

Thank you. Courts on line but where do you go from there. I can't find the records. I also use complete tenants background check for 30 eeach and compare with been verify basic check --73.194.xx.xxx

Thank you. Courts on line but where do you go from there. I can't find the records. I also use complete tenants background check for 30 eeach and compare with been verify basic check --73.194.xx.xxx

public media on upper right of page. then select from civil or criminal on left side. --73.195.xxx.xxx

Agree with Barbara...this tenant would have been a disaster to rent to. Congrats on dodging this bullet. --72.188.xxx.xx

So call the PREVIOUS LL and ask them for the truth. They have little to loose by telling you the truth --24.101.xxx.xxx