Primarily this thread and the one linked below and the following thought crossed my mind.

If they look at your deal (are happy with the numbers,) but have a little hesitation, ask them what else you can do to show them you are a good candidate besides pulling your retirement.Can you cross-collateralize your other rental?

Rich, keeping fingers crossed.

That said, as I mentioned to Seth above, there are limits that I just won't cross.

What is kind of on the border of being ethical would be to send a postcard to them like it’s a mass mailer offering your services.

Senate voted no to Mccain bill for adding 6000 troops to border.2. obama announced that NONE of the 1200 new hirees will actually be for border control, just desk jobs, I guess.

Gurus tell them these are "extraordinary" items, that you can get hit by a bus crossing the street, etc.

LOLLook to established organizations, the red cross might have such services, look for financila counselling at a university, church, schools or through the department of social services or department of finance in your state.I can't provide you with any web sites to these folks, Jon will get me...LOL, Really, way to be on top of it Jon, this was just an open inviatation to solicitations and shot'em down before they even went there!!!!

Cross reference the listing address with the mailing address in your county assessor's website.

The applicants are more than welcome to cross out their account number if they want, so long as their name is on the statement.However, for our condo down in San Diego, a higher scale rental, I have never asked for bank account info (just checked credit, employment, and previous landlords) and have never had a problem.FWIW, I had one tenant who had over $20,000 in his bank account and defaulted after 2 months, so how much significance is a bank account number?