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How to get approved for an apartment even with a criminal record

One of the most frustrating episodes one can encounter is being denied housing. Apartment complexes, which are actually run by real estate management companies, use a number of factors to determine who should rent and who shouldn’t. One of the most common factors they use is a criminal background check. A criminal history can be one of the biggest obstacles one can encounter in the process of renting an apartment.

The reason apartment communities require a criminal background check is for the safety of the community in general in the first place. There is a general consensus that people with violent pasts are bound to fall back into their previous destructive habits. The concept that history repeats itself seems to be a prevailing belief in many places when it comes to criminal records and nowhere more so than in apartment leasing offices.

Another reason that apartment leasing offices conduct criminal background checks is to create the appearance of safety in the community and, by doing so, to be justified in charging more for rent. If a neighborhood or apartment housing community has a high level of crime, tenants will not want to renew their leases and this means more housing units will be vacant and management will have to fill (or risk to be censored by the owner). The more housing units that are vacant in an apartment community, the more it hurts the management’s bottom line because it lowers the rent.

When conducting criminal background checks, apartments typically focus on felony convictions. Misdemeanors that are only punishable by fines are generally not a cause for concern. If you have a misdemeanor, you don’t need to worry, but if it is a felony, you can get a denial.

There are two main ways to get approved for an apartment if you have a criminal record. The first is to check the nature of your crime and see if you received what is called a deferred adjudication. This is a probation given to first time offenders and is also known as community supervision. If you were convicted of a misdemeanor and have been paroled, you can go to the county clerk’s office and ask for what is called a plea. This is a printout that shows the offense, the court that heard the case, the judgment that was entered, and the fact that you have deferred adjudication. The printout also indicates that you have successfully completed community service without any further incidents and that you should not be discriminated against when it comes to services. You can take a copy of this document to an apartment manager and in most cases they will approve it.

Another way to get an apartment is to get a expungement. This is the sealing of your criminal record and can be done depending on your eligibility. There is a great e-book on the market on how to get an apartment even with existing criminal record and bad credit and you can get it at [http://www.simplecreditsecrets.net]

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