Tricia O'Brien
Should Adult Kids of Tenant Always Sign the Lease?
Hello! I'd like to know your opinions about if unemployed young adults (ages 18 and 19) should always be required to sign a new lease with their parent? Or do you sometimes let the parent sign and list the adult chil...
Tracy Sharpe
How many sets of Keys do you issue tenants?
This is a general question to anyone who serves as a property manager of one property or an apartment complex. Do you generally provide your adult tenants with one set of keys and allow them to make copies themselves ...
Emory Clayton
Require occupants 18+ years or older to fill out application?
I'm trying to understand the reasons....pros/cons.... to requiring occupants 19+ years or older to fill out application? In my state you have to be 19+ years of age or older to enter into a legally binding contract. I...
Jon S.
Is it a problem renting to students next door to working adults?
Students from a nearby college have rented one triplex unit. Another two units are still available and I am showing them. Four out of 5 inquiries are from other students from the same college, which is just 5 minutes ...
Paul C.
Who needs to be on lease and application?
Hi, I currently have my first property listed for rent. I've had a couple of prospective tenants that would like to apply and I have a couple questions. Do all adults need to be on the application if I want to run the...
Christopher Reynolds
4 Adults in my 2 Bedroom: Can I Discriminate?
Hello everyone. I have an apartment for rent now, and I have a caller asking me how many adults I'd allow in this apartment (loaded question). He said it was he, his girlfriend, his sister, and his cousin I think...
Kenneth Bray
Tenant Screening During Application Process
If you have a family (two adults two kids) going through the application process, do you make both adult tenants (husband and wife) pay and go through screening?
Jason Daubenmire
Is it ok to charge an additional amount for extra related adults?
Hello...can anyone please share if they know if it is kosher to tell a potential applicant (before they have provided us with the completed application) that our lease will require an additional monthly charge to have...
Kelly G.
Am I really violating my screening criteria?
I thought I did such a good job creating some solid screening criteria for applicants for my SFH in Milwaukee. And now I kinda have to violate them! So I have a family wanting to rent my SFH in Milw. The two 'prima...
Shawn H.
Can I reject applicants based on too many adult tenants?
If I understand correctly, I can set the maximum # of occupants per unit. Can I also include maximum # of adults. For example: Prospective tenants are 2 married adults, they have 2 sons, 21 and 24. One of the sons has...