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From: wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery)
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Subject: Re: Breaking Lease on Apt.
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 14:46:36 EDT
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> > Too bad, but the renter is at a disadvantage from the word
> > go.
> 
> As a former renter and now a (reluctant) landlord, I'd like to
> correct this statement.
> 
> "The honest renter or honest landlord is at a disadvantage from
> the word go."
> 
> Unfortunately for the landlord, he has very little power to select his
> tenants because the "equal housing opportunity" laws are so broad.  If
> someone shows up, offers to rent the property, and provides the required
> deposits, the landlord doesn't have much basis on which he can refuse to
> rent them the property.
> 

Can't the landlord insist on (and check) references--previous landlord,
employer, etc.?  

Bill Hery