Reference checks
Asking a previous landlord or employer, and being chased on your behalf.
For landlordsSend a reference request and the referee gets a form to complete. Villagely will chase it if it goes unanswered, which is otherwise the job that quietly does not get done.
A reference is only marked as sent once the email has actually gone. A status that claims an email was sent when it was not is worse than no status at all, because you stop chasing.