Applicant smells like weed

[Frank Nguyen]

If you made several attempts to contact his current landlord reference and they did not answer is this a valid reason to deny his application. Do you need to tell him prior to denying his application that his current reference did not answer or can you deny right away?

[Frank Nguyen]

Thanks @Dominic Mazzarella, the parent cosigner is angry and wants to know a valid reason why they were denied. Would this response be ok "I made several attempts to contact landlord reference with no response."