Rental Tours—First Time Landlord

[Syed Shah]

I am looking forward to get some experienced advice and feedback here, since today was my first time touring a property with prospective tenants.

Here are few questions and would truly appreciate some insights.

1- Is it normal for some people to push you that they want to be the first in terms of application, so that they can get in the house because they meet the screening criteria?

2-Should I keep showing the house until I find the right candidate from screening and attitude perspective? One person was ready and willing to complete everything by paying deposit, rent, etc—after just looking at the listing pictures and not seeing it in person, then showed up in person and was making a comment about every single thing.

3-Hypothetically, how would you go about if screening criteria is met for say 3 people, but one has attitude or nit picking issue?

4-Is it completely normal for people to submit an application, pay the fee and then not get selected because of insufficient information or not meeting screening criteria? Just don't want to collect applications and then get in trouble.

Thank you for the valuable feedback and help.