I guess my problem with being too up front about seeing their place is that I don't feel like I'm in a position of power right now to decline people since it's hard enough to find people that I want to even get to that point in the application process in the first place, but I have to snap out of that mindset and have to instead come from a place where I make them believe that I have a lot of other applicants and that it's my standard policy and it's something they'll have to go through if they want my place.....ESPECIALLY if I decide to only take 1st & security from them rather than 1st/last/security.Thanks again!

Applicant credit scores should be treated with a high level of care and should not be handed out when they aren't assured that you are locking them up and taking due care with private and sensitive data.So, many places, including the screening company we used for years before moving to a PM, provide a suitability score rather than the actual credit score. 

You can always charge an air and surface scrubbing fee from their security deposit after they've moved out. 

I was being factious with the suggestion that PP folks would run up to the high desert they are more likely to go out to La quinta and one of the many private clubs there which will have housing to their standards ..  

After COVID applicants were having to submit 10-15 applications on average in my market to secure a rental meaning they might pay a whole months rent or more in application fees!

You will get more for the property versus selling it to a private party or wholesaler.

Many large private lenders will work with smaller lenders as correspondents.

We have retirement accounts, a small private stock market account, and an emergency fund. 

Pro tip--make sure your exhaust fan in the bathroom is vented to the atmosphere--meaning out to the outside.....go out the roof or out the side of the unit or secured to an opening in a soffit vent grille off the house. 

I have had a few people reach out privately who have signed up.