Hi,I am considering obtaining a HELOC to purchase a second property (ideally for investment purposes). I have applied with Chase and a local credit union and have been rejected for lack of credit history. I own my cur...

You can deny her application.https://adata.org/publication/service-animals-booklet

Unless Niles has one too, which I doubt, do a security deposit.See if Niles requires rental licensing, all but one of the suburbs we are in require it.Since Niles is in Cook County know that you can't say things like No section 8, that you won't take section 8, or deny an application because they have section 8.Screen hard.

As the article points out, an applicant could still be denied for certain things.

She denied our offer since she owes around 77k.

If you feel the tenant is abusing things, I would immediately get rid of the tenant. 

They denied me but said they'd do a commercial loan however the interest rate was ridiculous. 

I have been approached by a for profit company that would like to rent the whole house as a halfway house for substance abuse. 

But if they fill out the questionnaire honestly and have evictions or money judgments, I have just cause to deny.

I am not heartless either, injured and abused animals always pull at my heart strings.