Comments on: Episode 140 – Landlord advice http://www.firsthomeinfo.ca/first-time-buyer/2010/07/episode-140-landlord-advice/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jessi http://www.firsthomeinfo.ca/first-time-buyer/2010/07/episode-140-landlord-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Jessi Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:59:52 +0000 http://www.firsthomeinfo.ca/first-time-buyer/?p=2132#comment-964 Robert Klein wrote: "Check their credit vs the places they lived. Then ask for the last 2 landlord phone numbers. Don't phone the prior, if he is a bad tenant, he has an incentive to get rid of him. Call the land lord before. The challenge with this is, the prospective tenant could of put his friend as his previous landlord.... So, call the 2nd and say "Oh, hi, I'm calling about the apartment for rent". If they say, you have wrong number or I don't know what your talking about...it's the buddies friend. If its really the landlord, he will tell you the truth about the tenant. He no longer has any vested interest. " Robert Klein wrote:
“Check their credit vs the places they lived. Then ask for the last 2 landlord phone numbers. Don’t phone the prior, if he is a bad tenant, he has an incentive to get rid of him. Call the land lord before.

The challenge with this is, the prospective tenant could of put his friend as his previous landlord….

So, call the 2nd and say “Oh, hi, I’m calling about the apartment for rent”.

If they say, you have wrong number or I don’t know what your talking about…it’s the buddies friend.

If its really the landlord, he will tell you the truth about the tenant. He no longer has any vested interest. “

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