How to decline a qualified rental applicant.

[Janet Ikpa]

I’ve been reading that landlords need to inform applicants who they’re rejecting of why their application is being rejected. What happens when you have too many strong applicants? We have reviewed and identified 3 tenants who have strong allocations. We can only pick one. If the one we want accepts the offer and signs the lease, how do you decline the others when there is seemingly nothing wrong with their application?