I do not charge an application fee until I am ready to offer the unit to an applicant assuming that there is no disqualifying info on the credit/background report which I do run even though I don't require good credit.

For background I work in Capital Markets at a commercial real estate mortgage bank and I am a fully licensed real estate sales broker in NC.

We use Avail.co to do the background checks, prepare and store leases, and to offer the required renter's insurance policy.Stessa.com does a good enough job acting as a free substitute for Quickbooks.AirBnB and Furnishedfinder.com for listing the space (though I will be trying MiniStays soon). 

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I have been in the military for 19 years(primarily a background in engineering) and I have 2 years left before I retire from active duty.

i know that's generic... but that's the case.sorry these answers are so general, do you have more background you can share? 

It went back to being full of garbage and of no use to anyone.I have done this for several other "groups" but it almost always ends up in the same spot because people start to dispute what is spam, what the rules are, and the trolls always say not that their posts are ok, but that they are technically allowed.So, I would be happy to help, but there are other consequences to me helping. :)

I have only watched my tenant's (complainant) videos of the noise they've been experiencing, but I haven't heard/seen it for myself technically, which makes me a bit more hesitant.

Your background in construction and recent move into consulting sound like valuable assets for the community.

If they fill out the application and the first thing you see is that they have 17 pets, you can immediately deny them without wasting time checking landlord references, running a credit/criminal background, etc.