Posted by Bob in NJ on June 08, 2009 at 16:27:28:
In Reply to: Legal Advice posted by Shawand on May 14, 2009 at 09:13:16:
Proper screening of tenant's is one key ingredient that all landlords must become profisceint in. In order to help me make the right decessions I use a
professionl tenant screening service such as Tenant-Serve or Tenant-Pro. These companies pre-screen and pre-qualify your future tenants. They have acces to runing credit reports, criminal background reports and so on.
As far as recovering your lost rent, I would suggest you assertain the total cost in the recovery process. That is, court cost, and miscellaneous legal fees, sheriff servicing fees and so on. It might be more cost efficient to just write this off and move on