Re: Need help - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Need help by Anonymous (CA) on June 26, 2012 @17:31

On the same topic:

"Of course it continues on about making sure before starting anything you stick an application under the potential tenant's nose, that has consent in the application with a signature and Legal Personal Identification"

I have question on how to handle such situation: there are multiple applicants who submitted applications in almost the same time. I pick one and process it and give OK to sign the lease and put down deposit. But that person walked away. The whole thing will take quite a few days and with some costs, because I am remote and I take application form and do not collect application fee usually. The biggest issue is that it essentially delayed the process of next applicants. Can I tell them that: I have multiple people submitted applications, I am processing applications in parallel, whoever sign the lease and put down deposit first will get the unit, and I will inform them when it is not available? Is it legal to do so, should I write have some terms in the application form to ask them to consent?

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Re: Need help by Anonymous on June 26, 2012 @19:16	[ Reply ]

You need to process applications in the order you receive them. That's the law. No two applicants are likely to hand you their applications simultaneously. You can always say "Taking applications now for unit that will be available on (date)" and give yourself plenty of time to do your homework. Be sure everything is signed and legal, deposits, fees, refundable and nonrefundable things, are addressed too.

Re: Need help by Bryan (Ia) on June 28, 2012 @10:47	[ Reply ]

Please cite that "law". We have had that discussion before and nobody could.

Re: Need help by OK-LL on June 28, 2012 @11:50	[ Reply ]

I agree with Bryan, this may be someone intepretation of a combination of other laws or guidelines, but I don't believe there is a law, as such.