I'm I'm a new landlord, we are just starting with our first rental. It is the home we lived in for 9 years. I posted it yesterday, and I've had some interest.

my question is, how do you turn away applicants without getting in trouble? I have one girl that has applied, and her application looks pretty good. She has two dogs, which we are allowing because we're not going to be changing out the carpeting at this time. Overall her application looks fairly good, although I haven't contacted her previous landlords yet. And I have not received application for her fiance who will be living here with her. First thing I did waslook her up on Facebook. She had to buy a camera recently to try to figure out which dog is peeing on the carpet in her current home. She also talked about vaping a couple months ago, and we will not allow any smoking or vaping on our property. She also posted last week that she's looking for a new place to live and can only afford 1300 a month. We are asking 1664 per month. But the kicker is, she's engaged to another woman. That's fine and dandy, but the problems are the dogs peeing on carpet, and I don't think she can afford this home and I don't think she thinks she can afford this home. By having screenshots of her Facebook, is that enough to turn her away? I absolutely do not want animals in my house that are not housebroken.

can I turn her away before she's even seen the house because of these Facebook post? Should I email her amor personal application versus the rentler style applications, asking about lifestyle choices, such as and please include a picture of your dogs, are they housebroken, do you smoke, do you vape, things to that nature.

I understand that none of you are attorneys, and I might be calling one up just to cover my bases, I just wondered in your experiences.

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