Screening Guidelines 

We are an equal housing property Manager. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, and marital status, source of income, familial status, handicap, age or sexual orientation.  We do not discriminate, however, on the basis of how one pays rent, obeys the law, handles professional relationships, and treats property and neighbors.         

We work with neighbors and others landlords in the area to maintain the quality of the neighborhood. We want to find tenants who will enjoy the neighborhood and who will be good neighbors. For that reason we screen applicants carefully.

I.        Screening Process:

1.             Generally we rent to the first person who gives us a complete, legible, with out any blanks on application. One where we are able to verify all of the pertinent information. And which meets these guidelines. We date and time applications as they are received. If, after a good faith effort, we are unable to verify something on your application, we will go on to the next.

2.             We need complete information: that means a complete application, 1 for every person that will be living at the property the age of 17 and older. Please remember that you must sign the application.

3.             We must have 2 pieces of ID, one picture ID such as driver’s license or state ID.

4.             We will verify your income, check landlord and personal references, check credit and criminal records as well as public records such as eviction and civil actions. You have the right to dispute information we receive from a credit reporting agency. If your application is denied the denial letter you receive will tell you how to dispute the information.

5.             It can take up to four day to screen your application but we will try our best to get it done as soon as possible.

6.             If you are approved for the property in which you are applying for you have 24hrs to put a down payment of at least half your deposit to hold the property.

7.             We consider application valid for 30 day.

II.   Guidelines:

1.           We require a landlord reference: we require at least 4 years satisfactory landlord references, family members do not count.

2.           We will verify your income and assess its stability and reliability. Stability of income (few job changes and steady employment) can help compensate for other factors. To verify your income we will need the following”

a.        Copy of your last 2 months pay stubs

b.        Information necessary to contact your employer, and authorization to verify your income and length of employment.

c.        If you are self employed, we will need copies of your last 2 years tax returns

3.             The combined total gross income of the applications must be at least 3 times the amount of the monthly rent.

4.             We do check your credit. Poor credit is not so important to us. But unpaid liens, judgments and poorly rated accounts may be cause for your application to be denied.

5.             We will check to see if you have been evicted. While we have made exceptions in some cases (with sufficiently mitigating circumstances) normally we will not rent to someone who has been previously evicted.

6.             We do check criminal and other court records.

a.             Current illegal drug use is reason for denial.

b.             Conviction for manufacture or sale of controlled substances is reason for denial

c.              Conviction for possession of controlled substances within the last several years is reason for denial, although we consider the type and amount of the controlled substance.

d.           Conviction of most felonies and misdemeanor crimes against people or property, including those involving theft, dishonesty, assault, intimidation, or weapons charges, is reason for denial. We are looking for people who will be good neighbors.

e.            We sometimes make exceptions for applicants with criminal records, particularly those who have successfully completed rehabilitation programs known to and by us and who receive recommendations from such programs.

7.            We will allow only so many people to live in the unit. The application must state clearly who (name with dates of birth are required) will be living there. Our general rule is that no more than two people per bedroom are allowed in a given unit. For occupancy standard purposes, we don’t count children under the age of two. We recognize that families sometimes double up to save on housing costs, but we will not allow more than two families to rent a single unit, no matter how many people are in each family.

8.               If we are considering making an exception to these guidelines, we may visit your present residence. If your home is excessively messy, dirty, and unkempt and uncared for we may reject your application.

9.             We will not rent to you if we uncover other information that leads us to believe that your tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the complex or the neighborhood. If you lie on an application, by either omission or commission, your application may be denied. If we discover the lie after we’ve rented to you, we may terminate your tenancy.

10.            If your demeanor-your manners and behavior-during the application process is overly aggressive, confrontational, rude, unprofessional or otherwise indicative of someone who won’t get along with us or neighbors, we may reject your application. 

11.          We attempt to provide reasonable accommodation in rules, policies, practices, and services when such accommodation may be necessary to enable a handicapped person an equal opportunity to use and enjoy our property  If you feel you need such accommodation may be necessary to enable a handicapped person an equal opportunity to use and enjoy our property.  If you feel you need such accommodation because of a physical or mental handicap, you need to ask for it. (We’re forbidden by law asking you.) We may require appropriate documentation before granting such an accommodation.

12.           We do make expectations.  Strong rental references are particularly valuable.  But so, too, are exceptional income stability and reliability.  So for example, if your income is difficult to verify or you’ve just started a new job, but your rental references are excellent and are of much longer duration than our minimum requirement, we might make an exception without requiring an additional deposit.  In other cases if you are unable to meet one of these guidelines, we may consider increased rent or an extra deposit-or, in rare circumstances a co-signer-to compensate for not meeting these standards.