There are many reasons why my policy is to automatically reject first time renters, small babies and  high maintenance are defiantly on my list.

For that reason alone every landlord should reject this tenant explaining that in compliance with FHA the same information must be collected from every applicant.

Does partial breed pitbull mean automatic rejection in your practice?

As soon as you show up in court with an eviction and the tenant says his computer went out and offered cash but it was rejected, I'm sure you'll be told to accept the cash, get a tounge lashing and pay the costs, might get nailed for something the judge might hit you with as well.

I personally would reject on any 1 of the 3 (eviction, criminal, and credit score) .

If a applicant has not seen the property and I can not interview I normally reject the application.

Screen their guarantor as you would any applicant to insure you can collect.Don't concern yourself with discrimination, simply insure your add is not discriminatory, select the best applicants based on your criteria and reject the rest without giving any reasons for rejecting.

I would reject her just for having asked the question.

If you do not have a applicant that can qualify by their own standing then reject them immediately.

What I noticed is that they looked for reasons to accept an applicant, i looked for reasons to reject them.