How To Deny Tenant Application

[Hannah Kingslien]

Hello everyone,

My husband and I just bought our first rental house in Beloit Wisconsin, and are in the process of finalizing our Tenant Application.

I was wondering how to go about disqualifying applicants in a respectful, legal way (i.e one of our requirements is to have no evictions filed upon the prospective tenant).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  

Thanks,

Hannah

[Marcus Auerbach]

Another great read - Mike Butler, Landlording on Autopilot. His advice: never turn an appliacant down, just ask them for more clarifications, more documents, more background checks etc. The fact that you declined someone is a risk by iteself, legidimatly or not - if you never formally decline anyone, you eliminate the risk.