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Updated almost 3 years ago,
So confused on how to proceed on this tenants
So confused on how to proceed .Here is a nutshell.I have a ppty ready for rent.Been on market for 20+ days .Getting tons of showing request but most if not all donot pass my initial screening terms which are
1. Credit 680+
2. Income 3x rent
3. No evictions
4 .No aggressive breed pets
Finally a couple passed the screening .They came saw the house n fell in love.But once applications came in red flags started popping up
One candidate is perfect but other is not .Here are there screening results
1st candidate
790+ credit
Makes 4x rent
Been on current job for 18 yrs
No pets
No evictions
Credit report has nothing serious
2nd candidate
620 credit
Makes 1.8X rent
No pets
Couple of late payments on credit report and those are in past 3 yrs
Been on current job for 3 yrs
4 collections on credit report
No evictions.
Interesting things to note about applicant 1&2
Both are not married in sense they claim single status on application
Both work at same place under one boss .
Both are living in separate apartments .Coming to live together under 1 roof in my rental.
The 2nd candidates current landlord (apartment)says she owes 800$ in cleaning fee as she left 7 bags of trash and dirty carpets and messed up cabinets, she paid rent on time but didnot put a security deposit so they cannot collect the cleaning fee.
Will you rent to these applicants .If so what precautions you will take? especially when drafting lease and taking security deposit.