When applying to rent, potential tenants usually pay an application fee. But what exactly is this fee, and is it legal? According to the California Apartment Association, it is legally acceptable for rental property owners to collect fees to cover the costs of screening an applicant. These fees pay any potential credit score reporting or other screening services. However, …
County Criminal Search Most Accurate
When people hear the words “background check,” they often think of a computer churning out a neat little report in which everything someone ever did is contained. Unfortunately, in real life, background checks are not always so simple or so comprehensive, and many things “slip through the cracks” of general background criminal reporting. In order to understand why this is so, …
Tales From The Crypt: What Happens When You Don’t Screen
Several years ago, a movie titled Pacific Heights documented the increasingly bizarre behavior of a tenant who simply would not leave an expensive apartment. Before the movie ended, the owners have been forced out of their own home and terrorized to the point that they suffer physical harm by their unwanted tenant. While Pacific Heights is clearly fiction and an extreme …
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