{"id":296332,"date":"2025-06-16T04:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/neighbor-danger-survey-from-real-property-management-reveals-diy-landlords-may-put-neighborhoods-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T04:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:02:41","slug":"neighbor-danger-survey-from-real-property-management-reveals-diy-landlords-may-put-neighborhoods-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332","title":{"rendered":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/rpmmultisite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/trend2.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-798\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/rpmmultisite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/trend2.jpg\" alt=\"trend2\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>SALT LAKE CITY (May 2014) <\/b>\u2013 Do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords, individuals who manage their rental properties without assistance from property management companies, may be putting neighborhoods at risk, according to a survey on landlord practices conducted by independent research firm Liminality, Inc. on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realpropertymgt.com\">Real Property Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because DIY landlords have lenient or non-existent policies when it comes to conducting background checks, the survey of a national probability sample of more than 150 DIY landlords nationwide revealed, which suggests criminals \u2013 including sex offenders \u2013 could be living next door.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that 21 percent of DIY landlords sometimes or never conduct background checks on their prospective tenants. The survey also revealed these disturbing findings about DIY landlords:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 44 percent conduct sex offender checks<\/li>\n<li>Only 51 percent conduct criminal background checks<\/li>\n<li>23 percent sometimes or never conduct credit checks<\/li>\n<li>Only 51 percent contact past landlords for references<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why are background checks so important for neighborhoods? Without thorough screening, criminals \u2013 who are likely to commit crimes again in the future \u2013 can easily move in next door, potentially putting families at risk. Rates of recidivism, or the act of criminals committing another crime, are high, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjs.gov\/content\/pub\/pdf\/rprts05p0510.pdf\">study<\/a> from The Bureau of Justice Statistics published in 2014 that tracked 404,638 prisoners from 30 states who were released from prison in 2005. That study found 76.6 percent of the tracked criminals were re-arrested within five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, Real Property Management, the nationwide leader in managing rental homes, has policies in place for franchise offices to conduct rigorous background screenings on behalf of their property-owning customers, which includes credit, employment, rental history, criminal and sexual offender checks. All franchise offices follow local and state rental regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very surprised to learn many DIY landlords are not disciplined enough to routinely conduct background checks,\u201d said Real Property Management President Don Lawby. \u201cNot only are they risking an expensive investment in their property, but they could also compromise the well-being of their neighbors by putting their neighborhoods at risk. The bottom line is if DIY landlords don\u2019t have the time or resources to screen tenants, they should consult a property management company that can do it for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the benefits of professional property management contact your local Baton Rouge Property Management office visit: <a title=\"Real Property Management Baton Rouge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.batonrouge.realpropertymgt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.<b>batonrouge<\/b>.realpropertymgt.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Real Property Management<br \/><\/b>Real Property Management is a privately held, Utah based corporation with over 25 years of experience providing full-service residential property management for investors and homeowners throughout the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><em>We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the<br \/>\n        achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the Nation. See<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realpropertymgt.com\/eho\/\" title=\"Equal Housing Opportunity Statement\" target=\"_blank\">Equal Housing Opportunity Statement<br \/>\n        <\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY (May 2014) \u2013 Do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords, individuals who manage their rental properties without assistance from property management companies, may be putting neighborhoods at risk, according to a survey on landlord practices conducted by independent research firm Liminality, Inc. on behalf of Real Property Management. \u00a0 That\u2019s because DIY landlords have lenient or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":296333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98570],"tags":[8687,2170,16571,5984,28801,18379,14928,4809,482,13640,11115,7344],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-296332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-management","tag-danger","tag-diy","tag-landlords","tag-management","tag-neighbor","tag-neighborhoods","tag-property","tag-put","tag-real","tag-reveals","tag-risk","tag-survey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SALT LAKE CITY (May 2014) \u2013 Do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords, individuals who manage their rental properties without assistance from property management companies, may be putting neighborhoods at risk, according to a survey on landlord practices conducted by independent research firm Liminality, Inc. on behalf of Real Property Management. \u00a0 That\u2019s because DIY landlords have lenient or [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"282\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\"},\"wordCount\":459,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Danger\",\"DIY\",\"Landlords\",\"management\",\"Neighbor\",\"Neighborhoods\",\"Property\",\"Put\",\"Real\",\"reveals\",\"risk\",\"survey\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Property Management\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\",\"name\":\"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":282},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network","og_description":"SALT LAKE CITY (May 2014) \u2013 Do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords, individuals who manage their rental properties without assistance from property management companies, may be putting neighborhoods at risk, according to a survey on landlord practices conducted by independent research firm Liminality, Inc. on behalf of Real Property Management. \u00a0 That\u2019s because DIY landlords have lenient or [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":282,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk","datePublished":"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332"},"wordCount":459,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg","keywords":["Danger","DIY","Landlords","management","Neighbor","Neighborhoods","Property","Put","Real","reveals","risk","survey"],"articleSection":["Property Management"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332","name":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-16T04:02:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trend2.jpg","width":300,"height":282},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=296332#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Neighbor Danger: Survey from Real Property Management Reveals DIY Landlords May Put Neighborhoods at Risk"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/296333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296332"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=296332"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=296332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}