Last month RealPage paid a $3.3M settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegedly failing to take adequate care during criminal background checks for potential tenants. Earlier this year, Ascenda paid $1.1M in a class action lawsuit for failing to get proper consent during employment background checks. Property owners and property managers in Illinois have received judgements against them in the thousands for failing to pay interest on security deposits usually amounting to under $10.00. All of these systems are being managed by the experts that you have hired, often blindly assuming they’re doing things properly. What should you do?
