Applicant of the Day
I get an application. Employment looks great! YAY. So I start checking court records and prior landlords. Eviction. Eviction. Eviction. Most recent landlord faxes back that applicant lived there three months before skipping and was late twice.
So I call applicant and say . . . .
I need a landlord reference where you have lived for over a year and have paid on time, every time during that year. Do you have one?
Applicant is silent for a moment then says . . . I was on time with my former landlord but he can't give a reference because he is now in the witness protection program.