Thoughts On Eviction Services?
I am looking for some insight on who handles evictions for owners/property managers ? I understand the eviction process in my state (Texas). However, do most owners/property managers handle the justice court proceedings themselves or do they prefer to have an attorney handle it? Do most property manager companies farm out eviction proceedings to attorneys? If so, how much does an attorney normally charge?
In Texas, if the justice court decision is appealed to the trial court level, then an attorney must represent the landlord. Does this have an influence on your answer if this is the case in your state?
Any info would be helpful
Yeah Loon, I hope it takes off too.
I think they only have 300 or so listed thus far.
I reject over 60% of my applications for false information. Most of the time they lie about their rental history. Before I even meet with a propective applicatn I ask their name, where are they living now, and for how long have they lived there. I then run a skip trace on them and on the address. Their skip trace will show me a list of probably places they have lived and for how long. The address skip trace shows who has lived at their current address and for how long. This is really valuable information.
showed up. I suspected that her mother and boyfriend (I mean landlord) were letting her live with them and were so eager to get her out that they would lie to me about being her landlord. I asked my applicant about the two other addresses and about her mother and the landlord living at her address, and she assured me that she had lived at the house alone for four years. The other two addresses were ex-boyfriends and she had no idea why she showed up there. So I asked her to bring a utility bill with her name on it. But she said that the electric was still in the landlords name and that her mother had helped her turn on the water. When I called the "landlord" I point blank asked him where he was living (especially since his rental house was still taxed as homestead) and he said "somewhere in Orlando". I then said "it says on the application that she pays you $900 a month, right?", and he said yes. But the application said $600. Tell me what landlord keeps the power on in his name and doesn;t know the difference between $900 and $600. The final straw was when I skipped one of her previous addresses - that she denied was a previous address. I found the owner and called him. He said that she had been a tenant and that he would not rent to her again.
I just had a woman tell me that she had lived at 123 main street for four years. I skipped traced her and two other addresses showed up within the last 4 years. And at her current address her mother and another man (who later turned out to be the "landlord"
I find that most people omit previous addresses, or get family/friends to pretend that they are the landlord. I really believe that every landlord should do a skip trace on their propective tenants, on their previous addresses and maybe even on the landlords. I can not tell you the number of times i have called the "landlord" only to realize that they were not a landlord. I never would have caught this big loser in her lie without my skip traces. Her license showed the current address and she had so little credit that no other addresses showed on the credit report.
A valuable insight Brenda. Thank you. What do you use to skip-trace?
showed up. I suspected that her mother and boyfriend (I mean landlord) were letting her live with them and were so eager to get her out that they would lie to me about being her landlord. I asked my applicant about the two other addresses and about her mother and the landlord living at her address, and she assured me that she had lived at the house alone for four years. The other two addresses were ex-boyfriends and she had no idea why she showed up there. So I asked her to bring a utility bill with her name on it. But she said that the electric was still in the landlords name and that her mother had helped her turn on the water. When I called the "landlord" I point blank asked him where he was living (especially since his rental house was still taxed as homestead) and he said "somewhere in Orlando". I then said "it says on the application that she pays you $900 a month, right?", and he said yes. But the application said $600. Tell me what landlord keeps the power on in his name and doesn;t know the difference between $900 and $600. The final straw was when I skipped one of her previous addresses - that she denied was a previous address. I found the owner and called him. He said that she had been a tenant and that he would not rent to her again.
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On 2008-02-14 21:53, bgrossnickle wrote:
I reject over 60% of my applications for false information. Most of the time they lie about their rental history. Before I even meet with a propective applicatn I ask their name, where are they living now, and for how long have they lived there. I then run a skip trace on them and on the address. Their skip trace will show me a list of probably places they have lived and for how long. The address skip trace shows who has lived at their current address and for how long. This is really valuable information.
I just had a woman tell me that she had lived at 123 main street for four years. I skipped traced her and two other addresses showed up within the last 4 years. And at her current address her mother and another man (who later turned out to be the "landlord"
I find that most people omit previous addresses, or get family/friends to pretend that they are the landlord. I really believe that every landlord should do a skip trace on their propective tenants, on their previous addresses and maybe even on the landlords. I can not tell you the number of times i have called the "landlord" only to realize that they were not a landlord. I never would have caught this big loser in her lie without my skip traces. Her license showed the current address and she had so little credit that no other addresses showed on the credit report.
I use Accurint - now Lexis Nexis. I got my account awhile ago before there was a lot of press on several small businesses that used skip trace companies to steal large number of SSN numbers. No idea how hard it is to get an account now.