Comments on: What can a landlord do to a tenant who lied in the application?

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:40:03 +0000

There are some states that would impose fines for falsified information. Be very careful.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:20:03 +0000

The reason why a tenant would want to fake his tenancy is if he is planning to stash illegals in the apartment. This could not only jeopardize your business but could put the rest of your tenants in danger.

By: Monte

Monte — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:00:04 +0000

Why fake things and potentially make things worse? I just don’t see the logic in it.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:00:04 +0000

Not only that, the person who filled out the application form for you could also get into trouble. The landlord could file a case against him too and that could ruin his records.

By: Irish

Irish — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:00:08 +0000

If you falsified your information because you’re afraid you couldn’t rent because of your history, then you are only making things worse. Any fraudulent activity can be included in your criminal history if a case has been won in court.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:40:03 +0000

Your experience is simple. It can be easily corrected but the problem here is huge. If you falsified all the information by letting another person fill out the application form even though you will be the one moving in, you are doing a fraudulent activity. That is a cause for a lawsuit to be filed against you.

By: Belen

Belen — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:40:03 +0000

I had a slightly different experience. I didn’t intentionally falsify the information. I just forgot. I just got married then and you know how that goes?I still need to get used to my new status. So anyway, my landlord confronted me about it and I explained that it was an error on my part. I did the change and everything went smoothly.

By: Sherilyn

Sherilyn — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:40:03 +0000

Right. I agree with you completely. Besides, a credit check only takes a few seconds. You can even have your tenant wait in your office as you do the check.

By: Wanita

Wanita — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:40:03 +0000

A background check isn’t costly. In fact, RPA offers a standard check for $29.95. Wouldn’t it be logical to have that check run now than suffer from damages later on?

By: Leena

Leena — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:40:03 +0000

Run credit check, criminal records, and background histories to know who you’re renting to.