March 20th, 2010 
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justburned asked:
My last renter in California left without paying the full last month rent and 8+ months of late fees of about $1,000. He left the place a disaster, left some damage, took the keys and garage openers and stole over $2,000 of our property as well.
We have filed a police report but they will not do anything about it.
Does anyone know how we can at least report this to the credit bureau so it will show up on his credit score and hopefully not happen to the next landlord.
Eleanor
My last renter in California left without paying the full last month rent and 8+ months of late fees of about $1,000. He left the place a disaster, left some damage, took the keys and garage openers and stole over $2,000 of our property as well.
We have filed a police report but they will not do anything about it.
Does anyone know how we can at least report this to the credit bureau so it will show up on his credit score and hopefully not happen to the next landlord.
Eleanor
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Rosa
You sue him and when you get the judgement the bureaus will find out.
Rachel
You can report resident debt to the three credit bureaus via this link:
Be warned that the tenant can dispute the debt and if you do not have a judgment through the courts, it may not stick.
You really need to sue the tenant in Small Claims court.
You may have a hard time justifying the $1,000.00 in late fees – they should have been collected as they became due. You can only sue for the depreciated value of any property which was stolen. Hopefully you have pictures of the disaster and damage that he left behind.