No Evictions, EVERI also tell them there is a $35.00 non-refundable background check that THEY will pay for through SmartMove.I still end up with a wide pool to choose from...........then when I meet them...........The best qualified tenant somehow miraculously/coincidentally is the one with the least amount of adults moving in to the property...........If they have a 6 bedroom voucher and it's going to be a mother (and invariably her boyfriend) moving in along with 5 kids I'm good with that.You may want to see if your tenants "volunteer" information about having a lot of family in the area because invariably that "family" usually winds up living at the property......but if someone says they or their boyfriend does NOT have a lot or any family in the area then they seem to miraculously/coincidentally end up at the head of the line in my book as far as being best qualifed to move into my rental.

Not that I was neglecting it before, but the pressure is on because soon I will be "fully adulting."

With Chicago minimum wage @ $12/hr, assuming 2 working adults (working minimum wage), household income would be almost 5x the monthly rent for my 2BR apartments, leaving about $3k/mo for other expenses.

A good thing especially for young adults who have student debt. 

For two adults, that's $70-80 in application fees. 

I would imagine you would want to be pretty selective in adding a roommate as you are married and already an adult...

I once had a single female tenant who worked for a manufacturing company.

We put a couch and a tv in there because we figured it would be a great place for kids to segregate themselves from the adults, or just any group who wants to watch something different than the people in the living room.

And that's the takeaway from our Fair Housing training here in MA - you can NEVER discuss people.I had two different black female clients ask me straight up, "are there any black people living around here?" 

Start the apprenticeship, grind it out, go to college at night (night classes are mostly geared toward working adults), use your military benefits if you can, search for rental property in the meanwhile.Sometimes it can take a year or more to find a deal.