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Crime and Punishment
"If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be punishment-as well as the prison." - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
 
Today my office was yet again put in a position to draw a line between responsibility in disclosure, accountability, and our job description. Where the line should be drawn is still unclear.
 
As a full service brokerage, we oftentimes  represent lessors, matching and placing well-qualified tenants into their properties. Over the past few years, well-qualified has meant, at a minimum, job history and reference verification, credit check, and confirmation of rental/home history. Our clients have been impressed with both our thoroughness and dedication to finding tenants who will care for their homes as if they themselves were the owners.  
 
One red flag we have learned to catch along the way is hesitations over putting secondary renters on a lease. Once, a few months back, a local agent submitted an application for her client to rent one of our listings. While the application checked out, further “google” investigation told us that her client was a convicted repeat offender for grand theft. Upon confronting the agent and her broker, they both confirmed the ... more

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