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Stressing the WARNING SIGNS!
Besides using background checks (such as criminal checks and credit reports) to determine if a prospective tenant can pay the rent, authorities are recommending a background check for other reasons…
(The 6-3-02 issue of the New York Daily News contains an article on terror defenses for building landlords.)
A meeting with major landlords in NYC was to be held at police headquarters in NYC. Anti-terrorism experts were said to plan briefing landlords on better screening of prospective tenants by using private eyes to run background, criminal and credit checks.
Some of the warning signs referred to in the article were people who offer large sums of cash as down payments or who request specific locations or floors in a building.
The use of residential identification cards will also be stressed according to this article.
For more information please call 212-425-1520 or e-mail us at apartment_screening@fidelifacts.com
05/01/2008