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December 2019 Newsletter 

  Information Packed! *City of Seattle: WA Supreme Court Ruling on “First in Time” Ordinance *Fair Chance Housing & Other Ordinances – Landlords Responses and Impact on Crime in Seattle *Pre-Employment Inquiries and Arrest (Charges) and Conviction *Don’t Miss the Flyer for Fair Hiring Class Offering! http://www.orcainfo-com.com/uploads/December2019Newsletter.pdf TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment […]

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October 2019 Newsletter

(Corrected) FEATURING: *A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT * TIRED OF FILLING OUT LEASES BY HAND? * NEW RENTAL APPLICATIONS! *NEW MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOCIATION! AND MUCH MORE……… (Email address correction for Theresa Janzen included)     October 2019 Newsletter TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment Background Check Consumer Credit Report

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King County NARPM September Luncheon

Please join us September 24th, 2019 from 11am to 1pm for our monthly Luncheon. Our speaker will be Rebekah Near CEO at Orca Information.             **TO RSVP PLEASE respond to the monthly Evite or email Adriana at  agomez@bell-anderson.net       TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment Background Check Consumer Credit Report

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September 2019 Newsletter 

  *Active Cases and Warrants!  See How Complete an actual Criminal Record is Exclusively from Orca! *The Difference in Credit Scores?  Find out! Click here for full PDF http://www.orcainfo-com.com/uploads/September2019Newsletter.pdf TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment Background Check Consumer Credit Report

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IS SEATTLE DYING?

Please click on the link below for an eye opening look at this urgent issue KOMO News Special: Seattle is Dying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw by Eric Johnson | KOMO News Thursday, March 14th 2019 Seattle Is Dying. It’s a harsh title. Someone on social media even called it a “hopeless” title. I’ll admit to you that I […]

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Building Positive and Productive Cultures through Strategic Leadership

Please Join us!! Building Positive and Productive Cultures through Strategic Leadership When: 14 Mar 2019 7:15 AM, PDT Where: Skagit Transit Community Room, 105 E Kincaid, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Register here: https://sihrma.org/event-3302657 EVENT DETAILS: Presentation Overview:BUILDING A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE CULTURE THROUGH STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP Often small changes in the way we interact with others create […]

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SERVICE ANIMALS

It may not be obvious what an individual’s disability is, why a person needs the service animal, or what the service animal does for him (and it’s not appropriate to ask!). Read on for basic facts about service animals: Some fair housing laws define a service animal as “any animal that is individually trained to […]

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Assistance Animals Are Not Pets–Repeat–Assistance Animals Are Not Pets

http://rentalhousingjournal.com/articles/2018/07/06/assistance-animals-are-not-pets%E2%80%93repeat%E2%80%93assistance-animals-are-not-pets   “I didn’t know” is not an acceptable defense if you face a discrimination charge, so the Grace Hill training tip of the week focuses on repeating advice that assistance animals are not pets when it comes to leasing your rentals. By Ellen Clark The typical story goes like this, where a prospective renter provides documentation from […]

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Consumer FAQs

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – The federal law that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer information, including consumer credit information. The Fair Credit Reporting Act can be found at, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. and also electronically at www.ftc.gov. Adverse Action (related to employment) – The two-step process an employer is […]

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