It's your property, you may choose any applicant you wish, within the housing police codes, and do not give a reason when rejecting unless your state codes require it.Bigger problems arise when a landlord chooses tenants based on anything other than most qualified as there screening criteria outlines.

You could adjust that up if your codes allow. 

@Sean Bell Go to the Rutherford County website, Planning and Engineering, and download the Zoning Ordinance and also look for Building Codes or Subdivision regulations.

The deal with them is a flat fee of 100.00 total to list on the MLS and they list it with all the FSBO sites and I use my own number with them so all prospective buyers have to call me to give them lockbox codes so I have full control of the listing. 

If we look at only this zip code there are 92 total homes that have sold in the last 3 months or are listed on the MLS.

I installed a code lock for the house and key locks for each individual bedroom. 

Do have an idea of what zip codes your looking to buy in?

It is the site we use primarily to pull lists.As for mail companies to print your letters,there are a lot of us on here and since we cannot self-promote, I would recommend a quick search in the search bar.

Unless real estate agents have special training it is very risky for them to promote themselves as being any kind of financial advisor, tax advisor or legal advisor.

That means bringing all electrical up to code and it may be worth more than what you can sell the house for depending on the location.If they are pumping water out of the basement - it could be a simple matter of putting in a $6,000 "waterproofing solution" (installing drainage tiles pointing water to a sump pump) to a $12,000+ repair of putting in structural steel to support a collapsing basement wall due to hydrostatic cracking occurring on the foundation.I would tread lightly on this deal.