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Multifamily Residential Tenant Screening and Fair Housing Compliance

Understand what should be and could be asked of a potential tenant during the screening process.

This course will prepare multifamily residential property owners, managers, agents, and brokers to select quality tenants for their rentals while reducing their liability. From the applicant interview stage to the lease signing stage, you'll learn what red flags to look out for and how to comply with fair housing. With a standard screening process in place, rental industry professionals can maintain their profitability by choosing low-risk tenants and reducing turnover.

63 minutes
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Agenda

How to Interview Rental Applicants With Fair Housing Compliance in Mind

How to Identify Red Flags on a Credit and Background Check You May Be Missing

How to Create a Tenant Scoring System to Screen Rental Applicants Equitably

  • Includes a Brief Overview of HUD's Guidance on the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing

How to Verify Income, Employment, and Previous Landlord References

Three Clauses You Should Consider Adding to Your Lease Agreement to Reduce Your Liability

  • Insurance Clause
  • Guest Clause
  • Attorney's Fees Clause
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OnDemand Course

Applications have not yet been submitted for Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wyoming CLE for this course. However, if you are interested in obtaining CLE for any of the listed states or have any additional credit questions please email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-352-9540.

This course was last revised on February 23, 2022.

Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.

  • AR CLE 1.0
     
  • This course has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
     
  • Arizona CLE 1.0
     
  • The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.
     
  • CA MCLE 1.0
     
  • Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.0 CLE hours of participatory credit.
     
  • CT CLE 1.0
     
  • Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.0 CLE credit(s).
     
  • NH MCLE 1.0
     
  • NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for CLE credit(s). Program Length: 62 Minutes.
     
  • NJ CLE 1.3
     
  • This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.3 hours of total CLE credit.
     
  • PA CLE 1.0
     
  • This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
     
  • RI CLE 1.0
     
  • This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.0 hours of CLE credit.
     
  • VT CLE 1.0
     
  • This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.0 hour(s) of CLE credit. Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
     
  • WA CLE 1.0
     
  • This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
     

To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.

This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Faculty

Alexandra Alvarado

Alexandra Alvarado

American Apartment Owners Association

  • Director of Marketing and Education, American Apartment Owners Association
  • Has worked for the American Apartment Owners Association, the largest association for landlords in the country, for the last seven years
  • Launched AAOA’s educational division in 2016 and has hosted and moderated over 100 webinars for thousands of landlords nationwide on topics such as screening compliance, evictions, emotional support animals, and more
  • Curates breaking news and original content for AAOA Today, a biweekly newsletter that goes out to over 74,000 rental industry professionals, and RENT Magazine, a national publication for rental owners
  • Has been interviewed by national and local news outlets, including CNBC, CNN, Business Insider, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, BISNOW, and Realtor.com
  • Extensive sales and marketing background in the rental industry has made her a point person for rental industry professionals who want to learn how to select quality tenants and reduce their rental risk
  • M.B.A. degree in marketing and B.A. degree, Pepperdine University
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Product ID: 408329
Published 2022
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