Application Fee - Massachusetts - A No No? O the Drama!

[Frank Fiore Jr]

Hello.....

Well it has come to my attention that charging an application fee in Massachusetts in not legal? Or shall I say BREAKING THE LAW! Looking for confirmation? Anyone?

In this situation; I finally got around to posting my rental on RocketLease.com a site I found while reading posts on this lovely little gem of a site. :)

For those who don't know they offer an online application and run the Background + Credit + Eviction + Sex offender report. The fee for this is paid by the applicant. And I don't receive the application in less they agree to the terms and pay for the reports.

Although I look at this as paying for the reports I can see how from a legal standpoint they can argue they are also paying to fill out the application. (they fill it out before paying but I don't get it until the reports are run)

This is my first time trying this out, if anyone is familiar with this site I wouldn't mind hearing about success or failure stories.

I really wanted a one stop shop so potential applicants wouldn't have to go to multiple sites to fill out an application and run the reports.

Ideally I want them to pay for the reports, I see this as a first step to weeding out potentially problems!