--209.122.xx.xxx

NO,especially now with the eviction morotorium.She proved to be a pita to her current landlord and i am not looking for problem tenants. --72.231.xxx.xxx

Part of my pre-screening criteria is that they must not have had an unlawful detainer served to them within the previous 7 years. If I find that they’ve had one filed on them, regardless if it’s been paid or not, I DENY. --172.58.xxx.xxx

I wouldn’t consider because she has paid late. This story is useful to show just how bad the tenant who has been evicted is. --67.43.xxx.xxx

Maybe the question should be has a landlord ever begun the eviction process against you? --75.67.xxx.xxx

I ask if they've ever been asked to leave a rental property before. To me having a case filed against them is asking them to leave. And for me to file a case it means I have to drive 30 minutes one way wait in the county clerk's office pay by cash They don't take checks or credit cards. It's just a major hassle. And that's just to file. Plus it's $150 each time. So no. Having a case filed against you is a no-go. If you can't pay just leave willingly Don't put your landlord through that stress. --174.206.x.xxx

I ask if they've ever been asked to leave a rental property before. To me having a case filed against them is asking them to leave. And for me to file a case it means I have to drive 30 minutes one way wait in the county clerk's office pay by cash They don't take checks or credit cards. It's just a major hassle. And that's just to file. Plus it's $150 each time. So no. Having a case filed against you is a no-go. If you can't pay just leave willingly Don't put your landlord through that stress. --174.206.x.xxx

ANY eviction action, no matter what, in the last 5 years (Getting ready to up it to 7) means they are not approved. If they had one over 5 years ago and PAID the judgement in full, we'll consider it. Luckily, my state site shows court action going back into the 1990s. :) --67.43.xxx.xxx

To answer your actual question - yes, I consider folks with past evictions - dependent on the amount of the judgment, the timing and the final disposition (all from public records, not what they tell me). --72.70.xxx.xx

No. She knows her housing record is bad, but is trying to debate it with you? Hard No. I ask if they have ever received a Notice To Quit. That information is more telling than an actual eviction. --68.191.xx.xx

--107.216.xxx.xxx

I had a prospective Tenant who put her name on an eviction case (she was just a 'guest' of the tenant), and said it was to help her stall the eviction process. Yep, same thing. Not being nice to the Landlord and wanting to frustrate the eviction process. Shows character. If they have an Unlawful Detainer filed and then pay up or leave before they get kicked out they figure it's not an Eviction. Time to run from this one. --72.197.xx.xx

--76.4.xxx.xxx

Change your criteria from no evictions to no eviction filings. You might want to include civil filings as well, although that can rule out people who have auto accidents etc. --107.77.xxx.xx

That's the ticket. --209.122.xx.xxx

While large upfront cost is over time utility by utility convert over time is to have the utility paid by the tenant where even the present refuses where once vacant then the new tenant has to sign to get rental unit. Unpaid utilities and unpaid rent go hand in hand together where they already screened themselves out so they can not claim discrimination as that there problem with arrears. Lower rent more demand along with problem tenants are screened out. The future is nothing included in rent. If there natural gas heating then a wall mounted high efficiency gas boiler then can be connected to existing radiators. --99.236.xxx.xxx

Part of my pre-screening criteria is that an applicant must not have caused any of their LLs to incur any unnecessary trouble or expense during the course of their tenancy. --71.184.xxx.xx

Ken said it best - if we have to file a court case there is no reason to hear the song and dance about why they can not hold the obligation to pay with so much assistance out there for covid related rent payments, I must do what is best for the property and being a surrogate parent to adults does not compute, when the mediator can hand me a check for the unpaid balance I will subject myself to listening to this off key musical performance but my prediction is the mediator is someone who recently had a pet die and they want to talk about things that go wrong in life with someone else. --76.188.xxx.xxx

If she was in a car accident, had a head injury, and was in a coma for 2 weeks and no one thought to call the Landlord to let them know why she was late, so at day 5 or 7 he files, and finally the family realizes she is being evicted while helpless and they pay her rents, thereby averting eviction at the last moment AND she could prove to me the entire tale was the truth...yes. --216.23.xxx.xx

BRAD --73.102.xxx.xxx

Then ask the following as a follow up: When we contact your previous LL, what will they have to say about this matter? --24.154.xx.x

My thought process was, if they were trainable and willing to correct mistakes that were made, I could probably train them. In my many years of managing, it just about never happens - but it does allow the non-quals to gracefully bow out on their terms --24.154.xx.x

Sure, she is correct. She hasn't been evicted. But she still fails to meet my criteria. --76.178.xxx.xxx

Why is she moving now if she has been in the same place for 9 years? My bet is that her landlord is tired of her and is either non-renewing her or has filed yet another eviction. --76.178.xxx.xxx

For your answer "yes but the LL still had to file" end of topic. The LL still had to file, the expense, the hassle of what went on right before that filing, the nights of lost sleep. Next! It's your business just run it! --172.58.xxx.xxx

--72.188.xxx.xxx

There was a lady who is in a month to month lease for a small room, Rm #4. She unlawfully occupied bigger quarters and despite the fact that we had a lawyer involved and gave her 10 days to coordinate her move, nothing. The lawyer advised to file an unlawful detainer but at this point, she is trespassing since she doesn't have a lease to occupy the big quarters. --75.83.xxx.xx

There was a lady who is in a month to month lease for a small room, Rm #4. She unlawfully occupied bigger quarters and despite the fact that we had a lawyer involved and gave her 10 days to coordinate her move, nothing. The lawyer advised to file an unlawful detainer but at this point, she is trespassing since she doesn't have a lease to occupy the big quarters. --75.83.xxx.xx

There was a lady who is in a month to month lease for a small room, Rm #4. She unlawfully occupied bigger quarters and despite the fact that we had a lawyer involved and gave her 10 days to coordinate her move, nothing. The lawyer advised to file an unlawful detainer but at this point, she is trespassing since she doesn't have a lease to occupy the big quarters. --75.83.xxx.xx

One fellow had a couple of traffic violations, and one unpaid speeding ticket he said he didn’t know wasn’t paid. Said he’s going to pay that, even though the house wasn’t right for him. So, yes, there are people who will do the right thing. --104.231.xxx.xxx

Are you stupid or something? --184.57.xxx.xx

we frequently hear people misuse the term eviction when they have in fact merely been terminated. --75.80.xx.xx