Sometimes, the prospect of eviction sets tenants straight.

We just had some prospective tenants turn in applications and they said “non-smokers” on the application, but I noticed they smelled strongly of smoke and even their applications (the paper!)

And the prospect to appointment setting ratio is very high, and it's something I can scale nationwide. 

I plan on also doing a credit check / background check after I receive the application back from prospective tenants.Heres the link: http://www.nj.gov/treasury/dpmc/Assets/Files/Renta...Also - do you guys usually charge application fees?

@Valerie Copeland yes, perhaps that is a "wiser" decision for the reasons you listed but I do not think you should be deterred from analyzing and (possibly) putting offers on properties strictly due to the fact that either it was no tenant or has a bad tenant.

What image am I putting forth to my existing/prospective tenants. 

Just prospecting?

Price, renovations, ARV, taxes, estimated utilities, prospective rents, etc.  

Getting weak traction on Zillow, I get contacted by prospective tenants from zillow/hotpads (they cross-post) but when i respond, they never reply back. 

I am, however, coming across some discussions mentioning that a prospective lender or bank you'd be working with on the refinance may be able to see that the title on said property was slyly financed to yourself through your LLC and this could/would be likely to trigger a "Due on Sale Clause" which would screw everything up totally??