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Are we still checking rental references or not?
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Victoria Cowart
4 years 3 months ago #41193
by Victoria Cowart
Are we still checking rental references or not? was created by Victoria Cowart
QUESTION: Hello everyone. In the new norm of communication overload, and doing the COVID balance, are we still checking rental references or not?
Thank you everyone for the awesome comments and genuine sharing. Y’all
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Thank you everyone for the awesome comments and genuine sharing. Y’all
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Monica George Begg
4 years 3 months ago #41194
by Monica George Begg
Replied by Monica George Begg on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
GREAT question!! I just had a discussion regarding this.
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Victoria Cowart
4 years 3 months ago #41195
by Victoria Cowart
Replied by Victoria Cowart on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Monica George Begg Hey Monica!! Do share??? What did you hear??
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Katie Owens Spillers
4 years 3 months ago #41196
by Katie Owens Spillers
Replied by Katie Owens Spillers on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
We do if the application is accepted with conditions ie a higher security deposit but if the application is approved with a standard deposit we don't. It's the same policy as before Covid.
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Victoria Cowart
4 years 3 months ago #41197
by Victoria Cowart
Replied by Victoria Cowart on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Hello Katie! Thanks so much. That’s great info!
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Joei Reid Lemacks
4 years 3 months ago #41198
by Joei Reid Lemacks
Replied by Joei Reid Lemacks on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
My company is still asking for rental verifications and we are still happy to provide them.
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Melissa de Jesús
4 years 3 months ago #41199
by Melissa de Jesús
Replied by Melissa de Jesús on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Nothing has changed on our end. We still continue to do them.
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Monica George Begg
4 years 3 months ago #41200
by Monica George Begg
Replied by Monica George Begg on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
The two companies I spoke with are continuing to do verifications but are considering circumstance if everything was good until April of this year.
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Regina Centamore
4 years 3 months ago #41201
by Regina Centamore
Replied by Regina Centamore on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Yes if you can get a response. We have sent out several and never get them back
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Shannon Fletcher Bellar
4 years 3 months ago #41202
by Shannon Fletcher Bellar
Replied by Shannon Fletcher Bellar on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
You probably should start, with all these evictions pending you don’t want to get an abundance of those at your community
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Kathy Winfrey Chaney
4 years 3 months ago #41203
by Kathy Winfrey Chaney
Replied by Kathy Winfrey Chaney on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
For those that dont do rental verifications, which is absolutely shocking to me, must the applicant have good credit instead? To me I could care less what your credit score is if you have good rental. Dont care if your Mastercard is paid on time, I do care if you paid rent on time!
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Michelle Fournier Lorick
4 years 3 months ago #41204
by Michelle Fournier Lorick
Replied by Michelle Fournier Lorick on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
We actually just started. Prior, it was income, background, and credit only
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Donna Schatz Pinney
4 years 3 months ago #41205
by Donna Schatz Pinney
Replied by Donna Schatz Pinney on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Yes and if the management company won't provide one the applicant must obtain a tenant ledger. We don't approve of $ is owed to a previous LL
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Tifini Goebel
4 years 3 months ago #41206
by Tifini Goebel
Replied by Tifini Goebel on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Absolutely! I’m frequently shocked how few rental verifications I receive for the residents that move out of the property I manage. Really blows my mind!
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Shannon Scott
4 years 3 months ago #41207
by Shannon Scott
Replied by Shannon Scott on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
I recently applied for a new rental myself- and the company that I rented from 4 years ago refused to do fill out a reference check. Stating “it’s our company policy to not”. Who does that? This is a MAJOR player in the Midwest as well. Blew my mind.
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Carina Monsivaiz
4 years 3 months ago #41208
by Carina Monsivaiz
Replied by Carina Monsivaiz on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Doing extreme rental verification and employment verification. Doing all we can to stop any fraudulent application we even had an HR individual verifying employment at a very prominent hospital here in Houston and almost got away it until we noticed a small little error. So if your not being careful in B or C properties than best of luck.
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Anna Pizzulo Moyer
4 years 3 months ago #41209
by Anna Pizzulo Moyer
Replied by Anna Pizzulo Moyer on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
In my opinion rental references are the most important indicator in terms a future resident’s success in a new community...so yes, keep checking them
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Regina Centamore
4 years 3 months ago #41210
by Regina Centamore
Replied by Regina Centamore on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
There is so much fraud its sick, i know there is a zoom on this coming up in September TAA, cant wait to see what they say about this
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Donna Schatz Pinney
4 years 3 months ago #41211
by Donna Schatz Pinney
Replied by Donna Schatz Pinney on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
If I was a renter now days I'd get a copy of my tenant ledger showing a zero balance from every LL that I've had and keep them in a safe place to be able to prove my rental history and to be able to provide a copy to all future LLs when previous ones decide to stop verifying, go out of business, sell the property or change software programs so they can no longer access old records
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Christine Allen
4 years 3 months ago #41212
by Christine Allen
Replied by Christine Allen on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Rental verification and home visits. I am in subsidized housing and still did home visits all winter.
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April Roberts
4 years 3 months ago #41213
by April Roberts
Replied by April Roberts on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
I wonder if next year more companies will stop putting as much weight on rental debt. I think it would be more important to know if rental debt is from uncollected rent and fees, or from damages. Anyone can go through a tough period in their life, but a good tenant would leave their apartment without damages.
4 years 3 months ago #41346
by Dustin Pickett
Replied by Dustin Pickett on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Credit bureau rent reporting has been really helpful to verify past rent. shows amount paid, and what month, sometimes missed payments. I think this could be the future of verification, some landlords have tenants they are "too busy to respond to verification" and may want new tenants...
4 years 3 months ago #41346
by Dustin Pickett
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M.A.
4 years 3 months ago #41395
by M.A.
Replied by M.A. on topic Are we still checking rental references or not?
Could someone please explain "Credit Bureau reporting" as mentioned in one post here? Also, as mentioned previously, credit score is not as important in my process as a past eviction (pre-Covid) or past damages. Evictions and damage judgments are easily discovered from online court records.