Re: Landlord Responsibility - Landlord Forum thread 360151

Re: Landlord Responsibility by Garry on January 9, 2020 @00:58

Once you "know" something, you can't "unknow" it. You now have a legal/moral/ethical responsibility to your other tenants to inform them of what you know about this person, as the person could pose a danger to at least some, if not all of your other female Ts. ----BUT JUST THE FACTS-- NO OPINIONS. Give all your Ts a copy of the person's criminal records, and let them decide what they want to do. And if someone wishes to find another place to live, you should let them out of their lease, even if it's only 3 months into a years lease. Like you said----(expensive)"lesson learned" ALWAYS do your own background checks.

Another possible solution would be to PAY the person to leave asap. It probably won't be cheap, but how much will you lose if 2-4 other Ts decide to leave all of a sudden? And then you will also have to inform any new potential Ts about this person.

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