@Kelly Bellini I would reject both and move on to the next applicants.

If single mom with 6 month old isn't paying the rent serve notice and follow through.It's your business, rent to the one you want not the one you are afraid to reject.

A privately originated loan with a break in the chain would be cause for concern and highly likely a rejection since it may be very hard to track down the party for the cure.

How did the bank reject our contractor but allow these two morons on our property???

They usually just try to cycle reject tenants from other properties.

When everyone is blowing money is when you save it for the next downturn to have longevity in this business.Mental toughness, embracing rejections, and constantly learning everyday to want to be the best is what it takes to thrive in this field.Some brokers love agents so I am sure there should be a great fit out there for you.All the best of success in your journey. 

I have had sellers reject cash offers, only to come back to me later offering to sell me the same property for *less* than my original cash offer, once they realize either a) the property is overpriced, or b) no one can get financed for the property for whatever reason.

I have had a number of people look at a current rental and the ones that apply have been rejected so far.

I expect that after using Buildium for a while I will migrate all the accounting stuff to Buildium - but for now I am using it for maintenance requests and tenant screening only.I rejected a number of competitors mostly because they did not fit my needs, but they would fit other peoples needs.In the past month or so I have been very harshly criticizing RentRedi. 

I have found that by asking the right questions in the initial phone interview, most of which are covered in the response posts here, I can eliminate 90% of potential applicants without ever having them fill out an application and therefor not having to reject applicants.