Landlord Boot Camp – Sat. Feb 27, 2010
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Attorney Tristan Pettit is presenting the Landlord Boot Camp again this February. Prior Boot Camps were very well received, with positive feed back from all that attended
Archive for the ‘Tenant Screening’ Category
WI Court of Appeals on denial of a rental applicant
Friday, January 1st, 2010An interesting, soon to be published Wisconsin case on denial of a rental applicant. This probably has little impact except for Section 8 applicants, but it could also be a basis for Fair housing questions too.
The Housing Authority denied an application because the prospective tenant had been found guilty in a default judgment on municipal citations for disorderly conduct, and assault and battery
Wait! I was one of your best tenants.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Saturday I had just locked up the office and heading home as I saw a U- Haul truck pull up. Thinking perhaps they were a move in that arrived late I asked if I could help them.
Fair Housing Protected Classes in Wisconsin
Friday, October 9th, 2009In an earlier post we spoke of fair housing laws. So what are the protected classes?
All states and many municipalities have their own protected classes in addition to the federal protections. These protections are:
List of Eviction & Criminal Tenant Screening Resources
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Wisconsin CCAP (The WI Circuit Court Automation Program), which is under attack by some legislators, provides free access to WI evictions, criminal and civil court cases. This is invaluable in checking out prospective tenants, thereby avoiding nonpaying and disruptive tenants.
What resources are available for similar screening searches outside of WI? I have attached the list of the ones we have identified. Our list currently has resources for about half the states, but not all counties in all of those states. Some are free as is WI, others we have found so far are fee based.
So let’s ”crowdsource” a more complete list. The results will be shared here for all of us to use when screening out of state tenants. If you have found other or better resources please post them to the comments on this page. I will update this list and repost it as additional resources are identified.
Continue reading to see the list we already have assembled . Clicking on a state’s name will take you to that point on the list.