 DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Chicago LL [IL]) Jul 13, 2025 1:17 PM
 DQ 4 suing exLL? (by GKARL [PA]) Jul 13, 2025 1:33 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by NE [PA]) Jul 13, 2025 1:33 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by WMH [NC]) Jul 13, 2025 1:36 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Ken [NY]) Jul 13, 2025 3:17 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Jason [VA]) Jul 13, 2025 4:24 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by zero [IN]) Jul 13, 2025 5:17 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by MikeA [TX]) Jul 13, 2025 8:44 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by ned [AL]) Jul 13, 2025 10:30 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Peacegarden [ND]) Jul 14, 2025 12:16 AM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Mapleaf18 [NY]) Jul 14, 2025 3:36 AM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jul 14, 2025 8:06 AM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Chicago LL [IL]) Jul 14, 2025 10:36 AM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Jul 14, 2025 3:00 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Mike45 [NV]) Jul 14, 2025 5:40 PM
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Chicago LL [IL]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 1:17 PM
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Hi,
Just curious, can we disqualify prospects if they had sued their landlords or filed a personal injury case as a plaintiff in the past? I was sued by a tenant who felt in her own kitchen a few years ago. It was a stressful time. I searched her name after she filed a lawsuit and found that she also sued her previous LL as well. Lesson learned. Since then I added another criteria to disqualify any prospects who sued their LL. Now I have another prospect who sued a casino for personal injury. I don't have the details. I guess she must have slipped and felt. Anyhow, by laws can we DQ prospects based on this? Or do we have to find other reason to DQ them? Please share your thoughts. Thanks.
--99.128.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by GKARL [PA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 1:33 PM
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I have and will DQ people for civil suits like this. That's not a protected class.I routinely check for this along with criminal and eviction. --23.28.xx.xx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 1:33 PM
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DQ 4 suing exLL? (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 1:36 PM
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As noted, not a protected class and I would definitely DQ because once they KNOW the system, they are more likely to use it.
Someone who blames someone else for a slip & fall - nope. --173.28.xx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 3:17 PM
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I would DQ over that.I ask on my app who there attorney is, no reason for a tenant to have an attorney but if they give you a name look up there specialty --98.96.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Jason [VA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 4:24 PM
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I turn down any prospect that's ever been so much as filed on, ever. I also turn down anybody that's ever been to court with their landlord. I don't much care the story behind it, or the outcome. --98.97.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by zero [IN]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 5:17 PM
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I would DQ for a suit against a LL for sure, even if it was a known slumlord.
Now as for booting them because they were filed on I can't do that. There are some landlords in my area that file because they want the place back. Maybe a legit sale or family moving back in. Doesn't make sense to me. Just give them notice of non-renewal. Then again, maybe that is what happened and the tenants chose to not leave without a court order.
Tough call on that one.
Now if they owe a lot in damages, or even a small amount and aren't paying then they are definitely disqualified. --107.147.xx.xx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by MikeA [TX]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 8:44 PM
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Automatic DQ. I don't care to hear the sob story either. --209.205.xxx.xx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by ned [AL]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2025 10:30 PM
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heck yeah auto dq --74.135.xx.xx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Peacegarden [ND]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 12:16 AM
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Automatic no for any legal filing. Not worth the risk. They can go tell their sad stories to someone else. --174.213.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Mapleaf18 [NY]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 3:36 AM
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Another vote for DQ. Zero, this is why good cause/just cause legislation is a terrible idea...you can't just non-renew which will end up hurting tenants in the long run. --64.246.xxx.xx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 8:06 AM
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I ask the question on my app - who is your attorney. Guess why I ask that question?
Thank You Mike Butler --173.188.xx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Chicago LL [IL]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 10:36 AM
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Thank you everyone for your reply
GKARL [PA], glad to know that it's not a protected class.
NE[PA], agree
WMH[NC], agree
Jason[VA], agree again
zero[IN], eviction is expensive. Tenants must be resisting or difficult to work with for LL to file an eviction. Any eviction record is a DQ for me, doesn't matter who's right or wrong.
MikeA[TX], ok it's not a protected class
ned[AL], agree
Peacegarden[ND], yep
Mapleaf18[NY], you're right. Good cause/just cause is a terrible idea.
Ray-N-Pa[PA], seriously? haha Do some tenants have an attorney? I thought they just call those lawyers' numbers on highway billboards. --99.128.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 3:00 PM
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Skip the issue entirely and disqualify for bad landlord reference. That is definitely legal, no question about it. --76.178.xxx.xxx |
DQ 4 suing exLL? (by Mike45 [NV]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2025 5:40 PM
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For me, a civil lawsuit (on either side) is not an automatic DQ. I would check the pleadings first to see what it is about. I'd also want to know who prevailed.
A lot of tenants have been involved in fender-benders, and I see no reason to DQ them for that. We live in a sue-happy culture.
Even if a tenant sued his prior landlord, it might be justified. I knew a family whose landlord had accessed under-slab drain pipes in the living room, and the LL left a 6 foot deep ditch in the living room. For months. The T sued. And won. I accepted this family as tenants, and they were good tenants.
--71.38.xx.xxx |
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