Tenant Checker » tenant reps http://www.tenantchecker.com Tenant Screening, Rental Credit Check and Background Check Services Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:58:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sign up for Tenant Training Camp http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/sign-up-for-tenant-training-camp/ http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/sign-up-for-tenant-training-camp/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:09:15 +0000 Tenant Checker http://www.tenantchecker.com/?p=176 Jefferson Community College is offering Tenant Training workshops for everyone involved in the rental industry, including tenants, landlords, property managers and building and property owners. 

This is an original and creative method of helping out tenant and landlords.  We have always stressed the importance of understanding the rental laws of your community, as well as State and Federal.   Jefferson Community is providing a great resource to their local community, and we hope more cities and towns follow their lead. 

They stressed in the article the importance of establishing a business relationship with your tenant/landlord, instead of seeking a friendship.  This is a business situation and “friendships” can feel betrayed by some factors that are out of your control as a landlord.  They recommend establishing the business relationship right away to avoid any awkwardness later.    

Source of Credit Reports
One of the ways of establishing that business connection is to begin with a formal tenant screening program.  The applicant is required to sign a release form, and will undergo a standardized background check based on your requirements, which may include a credit history report, eviction records, employment verification, as well a criminal record search. Obtaining credit reports on your potential tenants requires an initial site inspection of your office premises, to protect credit data against potential fraud.  You may be tempted to allow your tenants to bring in a downloaded version of a credit report.  While this is expedient, you are exposing yourself to potential modified documentation.  The power of Photoshop is hard to decipher.  We recommend you obtain credit reports using your tenant screening provider.



]]> http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/sign-up-for-tenant-training-camp/feed/ 0 Check out your landlords financial strength http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/check-out-your-landlords-financial-strength/ http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/check-out-your-landlords-financial-strength/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:10:53 +0000 Tenant Checker http://www.tenantchecker.com/?p=172 According to news-press.com, there’s is a growing problem for Florida condominium associations regarding non-paying unit owners who have tenants living in their unit.  These unit owners are behind on their HOA fees and yet Florida law provides that the utilities cannot be disrupted to the tenant living in the unit.   There is a bill before Florida legislature looking into this issue.  Should it pass, tenants in Florida need to made aware, and possibly run background checks on their unit owners to determine their financial strength. 

Desperate Times
These are desperate times, and more than ever you need to start tapping into your a survivalist instinct.  Think of life as an episode of “Man vs. Wild”  But instead of wandering through a Siberian Forest, you are moving through your world on the brink of an apocalypse.  You can save yourself time and money by relearning street smarts.  The stories of older relatives who survived the depression are more relevant than ever.  Now is the time to think carefully about every financial relationship you build, which bank you decide to use, what landlord you want to rent from, want tenant you want to rent to, and the quality and reputation of every business relationship you cultivate.



]]> http://www.tenantchecker.com/2009/check-out-your-landlords-financial-strength/feed/ 0 Tenant Reps role changing in tighter economy http://www.tenantchecker.com/2008/tenant-reps-role-changing-in-tighter-economy/ http://www.tenantchecker.com/2008/tenant-reps-role-changing-in-tighter-economy/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:00:12 +0000 Tenant Checker http://www.tenantchecker.com/?p=128 Tenant Representation Brokers across the country are taking on more advisory roles in the face of a tigher economy. They are increasingly helping their client find deals on real estate and managing the expenses involved in searching for commercial leasing, as well as build out construction.   Tenant Reps are helping with negotiating the lease of real estate with the building owners, and can help clients locate cheaper, more affordable office space in areas outside of a firm’s known area of operations.

There has been a significant amount of what I would call hand-holding and advisory services in guiding our tenants on the choices available should they need to make a decision,” said Marc Miller, executive vice president at Winoker Realty Company, a privately-held, mid-size commercial real estate management and leasing firm in Manhattan.


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