Each year tenants around the world cause thousands of pounds of loss to landlords, so my question is, if the database is restored, would you use it to run a check on potential tenants?
Additionally would you help keep its records true and accurate and up to date? This service was always free, and always will be free.
The sites aim according to the site was to stop tenants causing damage and being free to simply move on to another landlord. It restricted reasons to damage/non payment of rent and anti-social behaviour.
What do you guys think.?
2016-05-06T01:11:20Z
The database is for life, once on a tenants name cannot be removed. The database is worldwide.
The database ignores court takedown orders and simply moves to countries where they can ignore the court orders.
babyboomer10012016-05-06T13:46:57Z
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I think there ought to be something like that in Canada and in the U.S.
No because there would be no way to be sure anything reported was accurate. Just as many bad landlords out there as tenants. Someone will get their panties in a wad & make a false report.
Getting court records and doing a proper background check does the same thing. Landlords that get scammed renting to habitual bad tenants are ones that fail to do a proper screening.
"The database ignores court take down orders and simply moves to countries where they can ignore the court orders." Then it would be illegal to use in the countries that do have those laws. Landlords would open themselves up to get sued.
You would have problems with slander, libel and privacy here. Here the prospective tenant has to assent to the legal, credit, employment and background checks, can they do it with you? How would you verify the information? Are they a worse tenant if they brought in a pet, or had a friend who murdered her spouse. It's an interesting concept and might work in a small city but the costs would be prohibitive.