I have a tricky question.

I have two tenants interested in renting one of my apartments. They are both attorney's. One is a mortgage foreclosure attorney...the other a negligence attorney. I nor my hubby feel comfortable renting to them. Can I deny them based on their "career" status? Is that even a protected class?

Don't get me wrong...most of my friends are attorney's and I'm a real estate paralegal. I just know that if things went wrong, I could have a very hard time getting them out.

Never mind... I've decided to rent to them after all.

You have the right not to let either of them in... no problem.

Being an attorney is not considered a protected class so take a pass on them if you are nervous, I'd be.

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Originally Posted by LILL

I have a tricky question.

I have two tenants interested in renting one of my apartments. They are both attorney's. One is a mortgage foreclosure attorney...the other a negligence attorney. I nor my hubby feel comfortable renting to them. Can I deny them based on their "career" status? Is that even a protected class?

Don't get me wrong...most of my friends are attorney's and I'm a real estate paralegal. I just know that if things went wrong, I could have a very hard time getting them out.

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Attorneys are not a protected class. Last I heard they followed the same laws and rules as the rest of the population - only difference is they know the law and can't get pushed around by a landlord.

They also put their pants on one leg at a time.

Sure, deny them based on their education and choice of careers. Any other professions you care to discriminate against?

Fill in the name of any other profession and then post the question on that board and see what reaction you get - this is an outright, in your face, insult to the Attorneys and para professionals who have posted here thousands and thousands of times, as volunteers.

You didn't mention if this was an apartment or a private house. More likely the private house is my guess. If you decide to rent to them, why would you think you would have a hard time getting "rid" of them? Don't quite understand your thinking on this question.

Judy... I did not mean to offend anyone. Many of my friends are lawyers. My concern is getting sued by a disgruntled tenant who may stub is pinkie toe on the steps. Another concern is what I may have to go through if they fail to pay rent. You have to admit that a crafty lawyer can finds ways to delay an eviction forever.

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Originally Posted by LILL

Judy...I did not mean to offend anyone. Many of my friends are lawyers. My concern is getting sued by a disgruntled tenant who may stub is pinkie toe on the steps. Another concern is what I may have to go through if they fail to pay rent. You have to admit that a crafty lawyer can finds ways to delay an eviction forever.

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I'm a liability investigator - a non-Attorney is FAR more likely to go running to a law office when he/she stubs a pinkie toe on the steps because the Attorney knows what constitutes negligence and the non-Attorney does not. Non-Attorneys believe someone is at fault for every mishap. Attorneys know better. I've never had an argument that there is no negligence with an Attorney - can't say the same for non-Attorneys.

Again, I don't know that "crafty" is the term - I think it's "educated." People post here all the time, get a 3 day notice, panic, don't know their rights. Not so with Attorneys.

If Attorneys or any other group of people don't pay their rent, they get evicted as long as you follow the procedure in NYS. Attorneys, likewise, get divorced, pay traffic fines, get arrested for serious crimes.

Honestly, I have no idea where you're coming from.

I also have a BIG problem with a posted question which is then changed/removed when the answers are not to OP's liking or the OP cannot defend his/her original position. Unfair to the people who have spent the time and trouble answering.

Please do not edit your original post to add follow-up. I've restored the original post.