If you can avoid having to rent. Do. Its one of the most annoying, soul destroying things one has to go through, and you are often left at the mercy of unethical property managers that either do not do their job properly, or cannot be bothered.
Having experienced both recently, one can only say shame on them. One particular property manager decided to take it upon herself to put information forward and the application was declined without speaking to the previous rental property manager, but saying that she had. Big mistake. This time she got caught out. The story was that the previous property manager gave a bad reference therefore the application was declined. Not true. In fact, the said property manager did not even speak to the previous property manager at all. Upon checking and speaking with the previous property manager, the reference given out was good. Hence, this particular person decided to decline the property through false pretenses.
It goes to show that it pays to check with your previous property manager as to what they may give as a reference if you are declined for a rental property.
There are still some good, ethical property managers out there who do like their job and do it properly. If you can find one, hang on to them, they are worth their weight in gold.
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