What constitutes “bad credit” for the sake of renting an apartment?
Expert: Alicia Magee – 5/27/2004 Question My husband and I got married in March, and we are looking for an apartment or house to rent. Something we are running into is that some landlords want to check my credit as well as his. His credit is excellent, and he has 1) lived in the same apartment for 7 years; 2) worked for the same company for 7 years. However, my credit is not good, and I have a spotty work history. I have an unpaid student loan which I can basically do nothing about until September (due to a lot of family obligations and such right now, I can neither maintain the necessary number of units to get a deferment, nor can I work to pay it off, nor do I qualify for the unemployment deferment – I’m not on unemployment) when I will be in a position to look for a job. I have been out of work since moving in with my husband (I left a rather bad job about 600 mi. away) and have been going to school part-time, but under the required limit to get the student deferment for my student
