When you believe a applicant is a higher risk than another you should be rejecting their application for that reason and ignore the false perception that it may be discriminatory.

or, they try to record the deed, and it gets rejected for legal problems, boundaries, improper or incorrect descriptions, no plot maps, etc.now the kicker- while in this limbo, they are released to the realtors who are "set up" to sell Fannie Mae homepath homes. 

Perhaps you could list it at a number that would allow you to comfortably exit, and reject anything below that and keep it as a rental?

You can almost guarantee anyone with a criminal record will have other negative aspects that can be used to justify rejecting any applicant.Don't worry Account Closed will take them.

Something like: "We do not rent to lawyers, law students, drug dealers, <other undesirable but unprotected groups>" How do you phrase your rejection letter to a lawyer and what if that lawyer is also a member of a protected class?

See this thread for some ideas:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/81/topics/95591-rejecting-applicants

I never reject without a filled in application.

In order to not discriminate you simply never tell applicants why they were rejected.

So, to those who say they just use an application being incomplete as a way to reject an applicant you don’t want...doesn't that anger people A LOT that you didn't give them a chance to complete the application?

I looked it up and people were saying that they would reject the commission and put it towards the closing cost?