Given the situation you outlined I would more heavily weigh the applicants credit in determining accept/deny.

Owner tried to get suit against himself dismissed but was denied.

It will be interesting what happens in Anaheim CA [ who vehemently deny STR] what their tune changes.

I should deny their application, right?  

We were planning to just have the ceremony in Brazil and then move back to the States after, but we quickly found out that wasn't possible when we went to the U.S. embassy shortly after our engagement and got denied entry back to the States.

Will they ultimately deny me for the loan?

This was after an appeal which they denied.   

I bet they denied ever flushing the grapes, right?  

So when the time came for his loan to come through it was denied.

One of the biggest reasons why many short sales never reach the closing table is because the seller accepts an offer that is too far under market value and the lender rejects the contract denying the short sale.†False!