Today, more than ever before, property managers in Florida are paying closer attention to qualifying prospective tenants. They don't want to be embarrassed again as one of their colleagues was in Delray Beach, FL just prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC.

The topic heated up after the property manager disclosed to the FBI that she had rented an apartment for 90 days, without credit or criminal background checks, to two of the 19 terrorists who killed themselves and 6,000 office employees in the destruction of the World Trade Towers in New York and the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. The terrorists paid their rent and security deposit in cash with large bills.

In GlobeSt.com's newest survey, sources tell this news service's bureau chiefs and reporters, on the record, their tenant screening practices have not changed since the Sept. 11 tragedy.