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Yes. --99.59.x.xxx

Are you asking whether you should believe the landlord or the tenant? Why check with the previous landlord if you don't trust them to tell you the truth. I assume you did not ask leading questions. I would believe the landlord over the tenant. Something smells fishy. Pass --68.10.xxx.xxx

Not easy to find good tenants nowadays. --47.32.xxx.xxx

Ask her for a copy of her lease. --70.178.x.xx

Has she been there over a year? If she has, my guess is she thought the tenancy went month to month, but they have a 1 year automatic renewal clause. Odds are she doesn't have her copy of the lease. --68.107.xxx.x

Make sure you follow your state's laws regarding security deposit amounts. Here in Virginia, we're only permitted to collect a 2x deposit. --170.224.xx.x

Rather than rejecting them, give them one thing to work on-- that puts the ball in their court, and occasionally, they really will work on it and come back and say "I did what you said!" And the ones who make the effort to live up to your standards have a good chance of turning out to be awesome, model tenants! --96.46.xxx.xx

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Ask her for a copy of the notice she gave the other landlord. Should be on her computer. But generally she won't be able to pay your rent if they have her on a lease until October. I guess they will go after her in court and she won't be able to pay you and them. Next. --69.141.xxx.xxx

This lady must be confused or she is confusing me. Last time she said she have her lease and checked it. She signed a 6months lease in Oct, which has ended and now it should be month to month. Told her info is not matching up, she needs to clear it up with her apartment, bc I believe her lease is not up until Oct and it would not be good if she is breaking her lease. Now she said she will call them to get a full copy. If I ask for a copy of her notice to move, could she make one up now? --47.32.xxx.xxx

Li, just PASS on her. She is not the only tenant out there. She has already lied to you! If you take her you will just get more of the same! --108.87.xx.xxx

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Rejection lead to angry people. One applicant demand that we show him what I found to decline his application. I don't think it is right to show what the previous landlord or apartment said about them. By law do we have to tell them? --47.32.xxx.xxx

you did verification check. you not obligated to share info from LL. if you rejected bc of credit ck then you need to provide them referral to credit agency. You should have list of criteria that you must provide per TX law if they did not qualify per your criteria. Email & mail to her and tell her thank you for applying. Then do not respond anymore to her at all. --166.137.xxx.xx

Yes verification check. They knew we look at rental history, background and income. Also send him a declined notice checking off negative from previous landlord and insufficient rental history. Even if they moved out and did not clean the place. They will never think that they were bad tenants. He have called many times and left angry email. Just had to put an end to this and call him back. After talking to him, he was ok but said yea that last place was not happy with him because he had to take them to court. So I was glad I have passed on this one. So today he called again, didn't pick up. I am done talking to this guy. --47.32.xxx.xxx

This is the reason we cannot get past landlords to be honest about a bad tenant........they fear you may spill the beans on them! --50.45.xxx.xxx

Why are you discussing anything with him.No more contact.You should have told him in your first contact,"when you're approved,we'll get in touch"!..........................charlie.......................that's it.....................................................that's it...............................that's it.............................. --174.199.xx.xxx

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you should have specific LL checklist for references. that way personal opinions are filtered out.eg was rent paid on time. how many times did renter pay late. did renter leave unit clean. was renter evicted. How many times was a pay or quit notice posted. does renter owe any fees etc etc. on YOUR list of qualifications you list all the items which are not acceptable eg no late pays, no evictions, no pay or quit notices etc etc . Then when you do not accept a person you tell them which requirements they did not meet and so you cannot accept their application. You should also have income level amounts and a minimum credit score. Then you don’t have to get sucked into calls. --166.137.xxx.xx

I have a list of questions, one of the question was if the place was left clean. They said left dirty and lost deposit. Thats where I checked off Neg from previous landlords on my rejection notice. The guy was on denial and did not want to be rejected. He also asked why I did not check his current landlord which was his family. He felt that it was insufficient verification. I'm like we just don't check with the family. They usually say everything is good anyways. One odd applicant. Just trying to see how I should revise my checklist for the rejection. Neg from previous landlords was one of the choices. Do you guys think I should delete that all together? Thank you for all the insights. --47.32.xxx.xxx

No, that's a major major item! Ignore this guy. --50.82.xxx.xx

No, that's a major major item! Ignore this guy. --50.82.xxx.xx