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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Picking tenants is tricky, some things I look for as red flags that often cause me to ghost them

Too nice of a car (if you’re renting with a 60k plus car) 
More kids than adults esp teens 
Single moms 
More than one pet 
Any public assistance 
History of multiple 1 year only rentals 
Stay at home spouses 
 [/quote]

I hate to see posts like this. I was a single mom (divorced with 2 sons and a dog). I had a REALLY hard time finding a rental after my divorce. I'm sure that it did not help that I was black. I am a lawyer and make WELL into the 6 figures and when I was finally able to find someone to rent to me, I had to show w-2s, divorce settlement, I paid 1st and last months rent and a security deposit.

When I moved (I ended up marrying a neighbor and we bought a house in another neighborhood), I painted, had all of the carpets cleaned and had the house professionally cleaned. I didn't the landlord to discriminate against another tenant. I left the house significantly better than it was when I moved in.[/quote]

Most people won’t rent to lawyers. I had a group house when young in 20s and everyone turned us down as two of us were lawyers. So we left them off lease [/quote]

The lawyer thing blows my mind. I’m a lawyer and we were by the books, model tenants when we rented. Only pushback I had was making sure the lease reflected what the manager told us about allowing to have pets (lease said no pets, manager said small pets ok with approval).

I’ll bet some of my colleagues are awful, but unethical behavior can and should be reported to the Bar. [/quote]

It's not unethical behavior they're worried about, it's you knowing your rights and being willing to enforce them.[/quote]

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