Ideally, you have (or will have) some standardized criteria that you screen all applicants by, which would include things like acceptable credit/criminal/rental history. 

Screened several people and settled on a family moving to TN from FL.

Unfortunately, the Owner-PM contract is ironclad tight so the only way I will get out of that contract is if the current tenant moves and frankly , the unit is at fair market and just not worth the hassle at present.In regards to our other two local properties , we contracted with a realtor to screen tenants for a fee and write up contracts and manage independently thereafter which has worked out well for several years .Hope that helps

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So you can go with a "no, but someone could share their room".....If he passed your screening procedure, you could add him to the lease.4 people in a good sized 3BR is not problematic in my opinion but one in the garage is...

After my first tenants gave notice, I was inundated with 8 applications that all had passed Melissa's initial screening. 

It's my understanding that we're allowed to screen everyone the same but I run into 2 problems with many of the s8 applicants:1) They generally can't seem to tell me how much their portion of the rent/utilities will be (which leads to #2) 2) They never seem to show any verifiable income or bank accounts, which is problematic as we have no gauge on their ability to cover their portion of the rent/utilities (unknown above)Most simply tell us not to worry as they have a voucher but when we start talking to their case worker(s) it is usually a different story.Does anyone have a different information form for S8 prospects (after they identify themselves as such) that requests things like: Name & phone # of case worker, # of bedrooms approved for, housing authority portion of rent, tenant portion of rent ?

@Darren Budahn  it was Jack Lemmon in the movie Tony Randal in the TV show it just hit me and I am dating myself..

However, I screen them the same way as I do non section 8.

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