I'm also in the bay area and understand how ridiculously expensive can be to get started in RE (homeownership or investing).

I’m now 24 year old and have been working harder than ever to break in the the ridiculous market that is the Vancouver Lower Mainland.

Apart from that, just tell them you went with a more qualified applicant (unless you are in a jurisdiction that requires first come, first serve - ridiculous, by the way).Right on my application it says this:This application is for qualification purposes only.

I have tried using Rentwerx and they were ridiculously expensive. 

Read about tort and LLCs.Umbrellas are ridiculously cheap, maybe because they litigate to death to avoid payments

@Joseph HammelIf you're hiring professionals at these rock-bottom prices ($650 for your business is ridiculous - an equivalent of day labor prices for construction) - then good for you.

I think it is ridiculous to have a honor system because people WILL take advantage off of it and ultimately that leads to people assuming that people who REALLY need it are full of BS because of some bad apples...such is life.BUT, that is my personal feeling and that has NO place in my business. 

Imho she should have known this would not be a good fit for her pets.She has a ‘helecopter mom’ that is beyond ridiculous.  

This site is ridiculous.

@Victor MenasceYou’re absolutely right, luckily for them they limit damage for basements to 10k, it’s ridiculous seeing how much insurances cost everyone, I guess they’re good only for big catastrophic events.