[pikachu]

Until earlier this year, I rented an apartment not too far from Farmers Branch. I had to provide my drivers licenses (they took a xerox), my SSN, references, job history, residence history, ran my credit history, and demanded a CHECK (not cash) from a local bank for a deposit before I got the keys.

Wow, maybe I should start claiming racism because I had to do all that paperwork.

[Minnesoootan]

Any Landlord who doesn't do the things youe describe is not on the up and up....I got turned down back in my calledge days for missing a payment on a previous rental. One more note,if I was a legal tenant in this complex mentioned in the article,I would move out.

[Moiraine]

I used to work over in that area 15+ years ago. If you went to the post office on the wrong day, it was full of Mexicans sending money home.

I would guess that a lot of the landlords that are screaming rent mostly to this crowd (and there are probably more of them now than there were back then).