@Scott Meyers , just to clarify, BiggerPockets does not allow self promotional links in the forums, but feel free to link to government sites or any site that you are not affiliated with.

As a result, they will stop promoting my listing in the search results when guests are searching in my area for accommodations.I am not willing to put my listing's performance in jeopardy to help guests avoid paying the service fee.I tell my guests that once they've booked my property through VRBO if they want to stay with me again they become a repeat guest and should contact me directly to book the next time.It has been a full year now since the Service fee was introduced, and despite all of the outcry and paranoia our listing's 2016 performance was even better than 2015. 

Bottom line:  Due to promotional interest rates, credit cards can be very economical for short term financing (and a viable alternative for hard money) but are categorically inappropriate for long term financing.

Hello! I have a high-end furnished home in an amazing location in Dallas.I am not sure how long it will be available but it would be between 3-6 months. (The ambiguity is that I am selling the home but the closing dat...

So if they are paying you timely and not causing problems, I am actually less concerned if they have a consumer debt or ratio issue or (many tenants prioritize rent, for example).....As to impacting a current tenancy, I think you would not be able to let a change in the employment or credit profile impact the current tenancy, but perhaps it could be useful if they were moving to another unit of yours after a promotion (maybe more expensive to see if they can cover it) or, again, looking to renew and it is coming towards then end of the tenancy and you want to check if all is well before offering a renewal.Finally, note the wording here on employment and income, as it seems to skirt around Fair Credit Reporting, but I think you have a valid business reason here should you go there  .... but your wording does just sound like a simple follow up employment/income verification not credit check.... which I suspect may be prudent for any landlord to check regarding a future decision (like renewing, but again, you could not go back and impact an existing lease based on it)...

Promotion ends July 20160% card 2 limit = 6.5k.

That was me self promoting without self promoting, as BP frowns on soliciting in the threads.

You will make more by offering a rent promotion either half off first month’s rent or first/last month’s rent free.

They can get you a HELOC in about two weeks, and they have a promotional rate of 2.49% for the 1st year.  

I kick my self ALL the time as the previous management company I worked for paid for me to take the RE Licence class and state fees when I was a leasing agent but I never got around to doing it before I was promoted.