For this Real Estate Round-Up, Terry Story is “in the house”, in person with Steve, and kicks off the conversation with how good credit can help you, even as a renter.  When Terry does a rental, the first thing she looks at is the tenant’s credit score.

As Terry puts it, a landlord’s major goal is to get paid every month and to make sure that his property does not get trashed.  A good credit score demonstrates that the tenant has managed finances responsibly and makes it easier to forgive other things, such as the desire to have a pet because there is a correlation between a good credit score and the way that people keep up a house