Someone that got out a year or two ago, after learning the consequences of doing stupid things, might be less likely to need another lesson in consequences - you will be able to substantiate that by looking at what they now do for a living, checking references, etc, to see if it's consistent with "turning my life around, I'm a new wo/man."

So i called the woman up to ask what her concern was and she told me that in the past they only charged her 1 month security deposital she also told me that my wife wanted someone in by the 15th of August and she felt that 1.5x rent , plus paying for Aug and september would be a little much so quickly.So i told her i still wanted the 1.5x rent plus 1 months rent at signing of lease but that they would not need to pay rent again until October 1st. basically giving her the half month of august free, which i would have spent hoping that i would find qualifying tenants anyway.

The other is a 53yr old woman who used to be an interior decorator.

Next door a nice home was sold to a slumlord, he moved in some woman that is on welfare half the year, has kids from four different men and has a lazy out of work bum of a boyfriend.

I once had an applicant, a 32 year old woman, who was very sweet and polite, had 2 kids, was pregnant and had worked for 7 years at Walmart.

When I was a young woman living alone I really liked having a dog in my apartment.

Hello Landlords,Please help me make a decision on whether to rent to these perspective tenants 3 woman unrelated friends who have rented together in past somewhere else for at least 2 years.

Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”The woman turns from her book and replies to the total stranger, “What would you want to talk about?”

I agree with the comments from Joe that cell phone and text is only for emergencies...and with this woman you MUST be specific as to what are emergencies (because to her EVERYTHING is an emergency). 

My friends wife suggested to have the tenants wife do it, to which my friend replied, "sure, have the 75 year old woman standing on a chair to change it."