Landlord Newsletter | Credit Bureau Site Inspections

I hope you find this newsletter informative, helpful and even a little entertaining.

In this newsletter:

• Understanding a Criminal Background Check or Eviction Report
  
• Free Rental Form
  
• Criminal Background Check (Great Price)
  
• Reporting Tenant Credit (Free for LPA members)
  
• Can You Believe These Rent Excuses?
  

Please e-mail us if you have any questions or would like to add or share any material / information. Have a great month!
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com

Have you ever run a criminal background check or eviction search only to not find anything? If you're like me, you have a feeling of relief, when you find enough dirt on a tenant to justify a rejection! It's like dodging a bullet.

What if your search results don't return any criminal or eviction information? Well, that doesn't automatically mean the applicant is good, but at least your search on them was clean. The best result you can get on a criminal or eviction report is "NO RECORD FOUND" or "NO RESULTS", but sometimes you do get results. That is when you need to verify whether or not the "results" are actually a true match for your applicant or not.

When it comes to eviction or criminal reports, they are not an exact science because they are not always associated with a social security number the way credit reports are. For that reason, report results sometimes turn up other people with the same or similar names.
It is important to verify the locations, date of birth of the subject (if applicable), etc. Always verify the applicant’s ID as well.

With criminal reports, our criminal database searches are set to find up to 3 variations or aliases of the name searched

Important items to match to your applicant are the Date of Birth, Middle Name, and the Address or location of any offenses. The arrest reports do not usually include a social security number, so it is important to verify . It is always best when your applicant does NOT match any of the listed offenders. If you are searching someone with a fairly common name, your search will likely return many hits.
Good luck!

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The Landlord Protection Agency's Appliance Agreement with Repair Clause can be an excellent addition to many leases and rental agreements.

The Appliance Agreement with Repair Clause explains in simple terms to the tenant that if the tenant wishes to use the existing appliances, he is responsible for maintenance and repairs on them.

This document includes a complete appliance checklist at Move -In, signed by the tenant, it also protects the landlord from costly repairs and maintenance by putting the responsibility of the appliances onto the tenant where it belongs.

We like the Appliance Agreement because it covers the landlord completely for those annoying appliance repairs that seem to always crop up. This agreement is clear and easy to understand.

The more rentals you have, the more appliances you have that will need repairing and replacing over the years.

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As a landlord trying to rent out a vacancy, have you ever thought about how backwards the process is? You're the landlord. Why do you become a secretary answering phone calls all day every time you slap a 'For Rent' sign in front of a unit or place a classified ad?

Wouldn't you love to streamline the process ...

Have you ever been beaten by a tenant on the rent? Most of us have and unfortunately, it is one of the costs of doing business as a landlord.
On the brighter side, remedies are available for many. If you have documented your tenancy with the proper paperwork including a rental application, lease agreement, late notices, etc., you may have a chance of collecting.

Credit bureau reporting is an option in which many modern landlords are beginning to participate....

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"My uncle died and I'm the only one who can pay for his funeral." - Robert Hancox, San Antonio, TX

"I know I promised to start paying on time, but it is not as easy as it sounds. It's like quitting smoking or biting my nails. It is hard to change my habits."
OK, just keep paying those late fees. You're the one teetering on eviction every month. - Nikki M., NY

"I had a job but I quit because it was really hard labor. I got a better job but I didn't like it, so I quit. I was supposed to start at Wal-Mart, but my first day of work I broke my foot on the way to the bus stop."
Eviction. - Preston, GA

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