On: How I legally got scammed for $250 by an upscale apartment complex

[tradersam]

> Any applicant with a reported history of non payment is a big red flag and would likely be denied.

Directly from the article:

> My application was denied due to their system show that some management company filed missing rent in 2011. Which is not true I have zero collections or public records.

The point is they were lying.

[happyopossum → tradersam]

Or the data was wrong.

[dottrap → happyopossum]

Most likely the data was wrong. The credit report industry has a 20% error rate.

See the old 60 Minutes investigation on this.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/40-million-mistakes-is-your-cred...

[empath75 → tradersam]

They can request a copy of the report.