How are you doing more than Tim when he is the premier homevestors franchisee in the area.

I am well aware my biggest mistake was getting my masters in English Comp.

Not reading a contract is no defense about the contents of the contract.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Estrange_v_F_Gra...This is the basis in English Law, also used in the US, that signing something makes you party to the contract.

And to your follow-up point, English with accent is still English - while it may be a bit difficult to understand, it's never impossible as in the case of non-English speaker.So - is inability to communicate in English a protected class?  

Landlord denies application by saying one of the two adult applicants doesn't speak English well enough to enter into a legal contract.  

I use Premier for my engineering business.

I just did a quick search and found Dallas County online court records: http://www.dallascounty.org/applications/english/r...

Our 4 tenants are immigrants and English is not their first language.We did not want to continue to pick up the rent for many reasons.We opened an account at a Bankm with a branch  very near them and asked them to bring their rent to the bank on the  1st of every month.  

They persist even when I explain that if they can't speak English they can't sign the lease.

We have written policies that are addressed within the lease but are included as an informational sheet for properties written in plain english.