@Fahima Hilal an architect usually only outlines mechanicals, plumbing & electrical on their blueprints.Your contracts should be creating appropriate drawings showing where their stuff would go and submit to city with their permit application.

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

Or repair if they renew lease.2) You are NOT required to remove & store them if a tenant has their own appliances. - Just be careful with this one as we once had a tenant store stove/fridge outside in the yard - during the winter -- so they were ruined.

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

The logic here is that it’s far more difficult (and costlier) to evict a nonperforming tenant than it is to screen for a good one.Like @Greg Scott said, see if lowering your asking rent increases the number of applications you receive.

we do a brief pre-application online before offering to physically show any apartments. 

After 99 Cents Only filed for bankruptcy in April 2024, 28 stores in Phoenix closed, leaving 632,900 square feet of prime retail space available.

Sales agents typically don't have a lot of experience screening applications.

However, this is not applicable to standard M1-2 zones.Zoning Map Amendments: If the property is not in an MX district, pursuing a zoning map amendment to rezone the area to a district that permits residential use is an option.

Don't waste your time trying to explain or justify the applicant's behavior.