Sometimes you need to turn down applicants even though you have not picked someone to sign with yet. 

I guess we just picked a foul apple... 

The market is really picking up and the long term appreciation is excellent.

I’m here to connect, learn, and share what I pick up along the way as I (probably awkwardly) work toward financial freedom.

If you want to be taken seriously I'd start saving for your first investment opportunity, maybe pick up OT or a second job to show you have skin in the game.

Pick a few and message them to see who will work best with you.

Not sure where you picked that up from, but it's not correct.  

I would love to talk to someone who has rented to college students before and sort of pick their brain.  

We can only do the best we can trying to beat the fraudsters by leveraging tools.Regarding fake SSN the screening services picks up on mismatches.

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.