Due to deductions, however, the income shown on our tax returns is quite low causing a local credit union to deny our recent 100k HELOC application.

., but in the 3 states I lived and worked in I could deny taking the rent payment without the full balance being paid.

We had several applicants and had to deny a couple of them.

Say everything comes back clean what would the grounds be for denying him as a tenant?

Otherwise, we have to deny the request so that our resources are available to be used on tasks like leaking roofs and broken furnaces.  

In the original topic, the guy is denying homes to most likely qualified individuals.

So my buyer was denied his loan after BofA (Bunch of @$$ho13z) screwed up his loan application and delayed the closing for three weeks.

Your bad guy will deny it with every breath, make it clear his denial is not accepted.

The Tenant shall keep the Premises free of all claims for labor performed on and material delivered to the Premises.PETSThe Tenant (including any guests or invitees of the Tenant) is allowed to keep the following as pets:*****No other animals are allowed on the premise without the Landlords WRITTENpermission****.Entry By Landlord: If at any point during the tenancy the landlord is denied access with proper notice provided to the tenant, the tenant will be accessed a $100 fine per occurrence at the time or discovery or landlords discretion for violating the lease.LEASE TERMINATION PROVISION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL: Subject to applicable state law, if the Tenant joins the military during the Lease term and is called to active duty for a period of 180 days or more, the Tenant may terminate this Lease by providing written notice and a copy of the military orders to the Landlord.If, during the term of this Lease, Tenant or Landlord is a member of the U.S. armed forces and receives permanent change-of-station orders (more than 35 miles away from current duty station) or is deployed for 90 days or more, the Tenant or Landlord may terminate the Lease by providing written notice and a copy of the military orders to the applicable party.

This year,  listed it August 1st for $1650 after looking at comps, got only 1 app from someone that didn't work out, so 11 days in on August 11th dropped the price to $1599, got WAY more MLS showings (24 in total scheduled which probably means 12 actual showings), 2 paid for applications we had to deny, 2 applications that have yet to have an app fee paid, one of which I am not crazy about because they just want to rent for a year and then buy a house, the other is a long term renter who's agent says he is notoriously hard to get a hold of so I doubt I will get the app fee soon from him.