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	<title>AAOA - American Apartment Owners Association &#187; Credit Screening</title>
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		<title>Tenant Turnover Doesn&#8217;t Add Up</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/10/05/tenant-turnover-doesnt-add-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rent it Right
by Janet Portman, Inman NewsQ: We hired a management company to find tenants and collect rent at our rental in a nearby town. 
Over the past two years we&#8217;ve had four sets of tenants; one broke the lease and we had to file evictions on two of them. The property is nice though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord Quick Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/10/05/landlord-quick-tip-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip #24: Stick to the Script!
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Ever call up your applicant&#8217;s previous landlord, then hurry through the call because you didn&#8217;t know what to ask?&#160;Well, you are not alone!&#160;&#160;
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Having a script can help you get the information you need.&#160;
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Here are some questions that other landlords ask:
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Have-to-Asks:
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Is this a good time to talk, or should we reschedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord Quick Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/09/21/landlord-quick-tip-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/09/21/landlord-quick-tip-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip #22: The Old Bait and Switch
 
Tenant screening is like navigating through icebergs.  Sometimes you see just the tip, but the real danger is underneath.
 
To detect applicant fraud you need to look for an emerging pattern -something that feels out of place, and that makes you think there may be more. 
 
Someone with horrible credit can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Botch Your Criminal Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/09/21/dont-botch-your-criminal-background-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/09/21/dont-botch-your-criminal-background-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the rising crime in our urban areas, property owners must be concerned with introducing a dangerous or undesirable tenant into their building. 
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The proliferation of drugs and gangs in cities throughout the United States has turned once beautiful neighborhoods into blighted and unsafe war zones. 
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It is bad enough to find that your application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You May be Desperate, But Don`t Let `Cash in Hand` Distract You</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/08/10/you-may-be-desperate-but-dont-let-cash-in-hand-distract-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/08/10/you-may-be-desperate-but-dont-let-cash-in-hand-distract-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Eric Boyd
I got a call on one of my vacant, available rentals today. The caller drove by the property, saw the sign, and called. They wanted to see it &#8220;right now&#8221;. I told them I couldn&#8217;t get over there to show it until 4pm, as I have other engagements until then. They said, &#8220;Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord Quick Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/13/landlord-quick-tip-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/13/landlord-quick-tip-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick Tip #12: Always the Last to Know?
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If you receive rent via checks, make a photocopy or scan each one, every month.
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Take a few seconds to compare the name from the current month&#8217;s check to the last one, and look for signs of a tenant in transition:&#160;


Joint check before, now a single name


A single name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Biggest Tenant Screening Mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/13/your-biggest-tenant-screening-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/13/your-biggest-tenant-screening-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the Tenant From Hell Moving Into Your Unit?
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You hear the stories from other landlords.&#160; &#8220;My tenant skipped out.&#8221;&#160; &#8220;My tenant destroyed the property!&#8221; 
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So, where do these problem tenants go?&#160; 
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They are out there, looking for another rental.&#160; And, chances are, they&#8217;re not telling you the whole story. Problem tenants repeat the pattern over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord Quick Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/06/landlord-quick-tip-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/07/06/landlord-quick-tip-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip #11:&#160; Where&#8217;s This Relationship Going?
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Is your applicant planning to stick around through the term of the lease?
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&#160;Not all the information you need to evaluate a tenant will come from screening reports. Hints about their intentions will come from your face-to-face interview.&#160;
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Discuss the applicant&#8217;s motives for renting.&#160; Ask them why they are looking for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The (Hidden) Advantage of Application Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/06/10/the-hidden-advantage-of-application-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/06/10/the-hidden-advantage-of-application-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Robert Cain
Application fees have the additional advantage of being &#8220;self-weeding&#8221; of bad tenants.
Tenants who know they will be rejected usually won&#8217;t apply to rent from you if they know they will lose their application fee.
If all the risk is on you, many times they will just go ahead and fill out a rental application, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tenant Screening Tips for Today`s Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/04/02/5-tenant-screening-tips-for-todays-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2009/04/02/5-tenant-screening-tips-for-todays-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Ezzell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenant screening is more difficult in this bad economy. 
For one thing, there are fewer applicants and that forces a landlord to choose between more mediocre prospects. 
But these times are also hard on landlords who rely too heavily on credit reports to make screening decisions.  More applicants than ever have a foreclosure or a bankruptcy on [...]]]></description>
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