I would accept their application and then reject it when a better applicant is found.No I would not rent to them since they are a poor fit for the property and the girlfriend creates a high risk situation.It may work out but your function in screening is to reduce your risk factors.

Make him an offer and let him accept or reject it.

I have made my first foray into real estate investment this week, and subsequently I have many random posts flying around the forum, so I'm going to post this several different places...Basically the story is this: Found a HUD property that is a rare gem for my area in Maine, and after having several contractors give estimates, my partner and I decided that it would be a great rehab flip if we could get it for a certain price.We made a bid with him using FHA financing as an Owner-Occupant because 1.) we wanted to get in during the Owner-Occupant initial period of bidding and we do plan on living there for a while during renovations, and 2.) we don't have a lot of money to put down right now because we weren't planning on finding a great deal so soon.The first bid was very low and subsequently rejected, and we don't feel comfortable going much higher using FHA financing in his name because we are so new to the game...

I have NO money to put down.My credit is a mess.I don't have a fax machineI don't have a phone/cell phoneI don't even have a jobI tried to do lease options with no money down and both of my offers where rejected....Am I missing something or should I just get a application and apply for work at Walmart.

Most often once solicitation enters our minds we will reject it and trash it. 

This is my first rejection.

…Or they don’t submit the offer because they “know” it will just be rejected… and they don’t bother to submit it to save time.

Landlords that place no importance on using credit scores are missing out on a opportunity to protect themselves when rejection "special" applicants.

I'd be rejecting them as unable to verify references and income and move onto the next potential tenant. 

Every policy he has decided to stand behind is a duplicate of those of Hillary Clinton (barring a few changes and of course his rejection of the gas tax holiday)Obama has his name attached to lots of bills in his short time in the Senate, however, that's because he was running for president since the last Democratic convention.