One left behind - Landlord Forum thread

One left behind by Anonymous on April 24, 2012 @13:11

Very important "what if one person who is qualified leaves the one who is not behind". This question is important for those that require a credit score that is less then stellar. In my senario A the person who qualifies has a great credit score. Therefore if that person would live the other person(s) behind it will wreck there credit.

So someone who uses this idea but allows a credit score less than 700 should consider your advice

Also are we absolutly sure that people who are married can be treated different than those who are not? I am worried that that would be discrimination on family status.

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Re: One left behind by Micah on April 24, 2012 @13:36	[ Reply ]

Family status is supposed to be in reference to children... From a legal (government) standpoint, a married couple can be considered to be one entity. I always run the credit on both people in the marriage though because often they will put all the debt into one persons name and keep the other one as spotless as possible. As a LL you have to plan for the worst case scenario. Better to cover your bases ahead of time then get stuck with an unqualified tenant later on!