Eugene's limit on rental application screening fees conflicts with state law, according to a judge's ruling issued Tuesday. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Erin Fennerty wrote enforcement of the $10 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is suing a national real estate management corporation for illegally charging application fees and discriminating against ...

PROVIDENCE – The state Attorney General’s office is suing a national real estate management company, accusing it of using deceptive trade practices by requiring prospective tenants to pay excessive ...

Conducting a thorough tenant screening is crucial for real estate investors who want to find reliable and responsible tenants. The process typically starts with a comprehensive application form that ...

Two large private-equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on screening systems reporting inaccurate information about applicants’ previous evictions and criminal ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law late Tuesday, Sept. 13, standardizing reusable tenant screening reports and creating a path to lowering rental application costs. Assembly Bill 2559, which ...

Many businesses rely on tedious and time-consuming spreadsheets and pay attorneys hefty fees to write a state lease agreement for their property. However, as they deal with a massive volume of leases, ...

The high school teacher and real estate agent racked up more than $200 in tenant screening fees, which they had to pay each time they applied to rent a unit. “Every place we went, we would have to do ...