How to Rent an Apartment with Bad Credit
Even if you have bad credit, it’s not impossible to rent an apartment. While bad credit will obviously make your landlord wary of renting you an apartment, there are a few things you can do to rent an apartment with bad credit. You’ll want to:
- Get a copy of your credit report and review all of its issues and correct any errors.
- Write a letter to your potential landlord explaining your credit report and any financial difficulties you may have had.
- Have references - perhaps your current employer and previous landlords? - that will vouch for your ability to pay your rent.
If none of the above impress your future landlord, offer to leave a larger security deposit, find a co-signer or gaurantor for your lease, or even offer to pay a larger monthly rent.
on January 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
What if you have an eviction on your credit? And the only proof was your word and pics to prove you werent evicted for being a bad tennant but for taking pics of a broken stairway after 2 months of nonrepair?
As soon as the word eviction comes up, your automatically on a blacklist and cant get a single landlord to look at you…
I keep getting told “satisfy the judgement” and maybe someone will! I’m doomed….
on April 16th, 2009 at 6:54 am
i am losing my home after 21 years what do i tell the landlord on top of all the other stuff above?