It def adds red tape.

- Can you breakdown any regulations or ordinances applicable to the area of interest?

While I wouldn’t mind someone else helping with walkthroughs and such, I would make sure I see the application, credit report, etc before signing any lease.

You could pay to accelerate that application (I believe for $420) which knocks the review time down to 10 working days. 

He was working the hard sell let me tell ya, and had a credit application ready for me to fill out.... had me thinking my house was going to crumble if I didn't get all those piers.

Send applicants a link and their responses will enter into a Google Sheets (i.e.

After we accepted her application, but before she signed the lease, she asked us where she could find a cheap refrigerator or would we be willing to put one in the home.  

In terms of condition of units, damage, etc, you still get access to ALL units during Due diligence, and of course beyond the units, look at copies of leases, rent rolls, late payment history, you can even ask for copies of applications and background checks performed by seller. 

Do your research and dont get pulled in by super low rates and Do Not Pay an "Application Fee" just for a lender to look at the file.

I have two approved applicants for my property and i have required a double security deposit (two month's rent, totaling $3,800.00) due to lack of rental history and one of them having some delinquent credit history.