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Re: What's the difference between app. deposit & fee - Landlord Forum thread 321989

Re: What's the difference between app. deposit & fee by Katiekate (New York) on July 29, 2014 @07:24

                              
I have a document I call "the procedure". It outlines in step by step manner the exact procedure that will happen. It states that an application fee must be paid when the application is submitted. It is $45 in cash per person. This is paid directly to the agency I use to process the application. ($15 for the credit report, $15 for the background search, and $15 for the criminal background search). Once that money is paid to the agency I do not get a refund from them...the applicant does not get a refund from me

"The procedure" is copied to the bottom of every email response from me. A printed copy of "the procedure" is given to the prospect when they come to look at the unit. I write every receipt for money directly onto that paper, and tell them to hang onto it..it is their receipt. Then, if they have any questions I refer them to printed copy. If they claim "I was told that!" I refer them to "the procedure". It has stopped any nonsense about refunds, etc.

The application fee is to process the application. Once you have done that..you cannot undo it. There isn't a "do over" on this. (Undo over?).
Give them back their paper work, but insist on doing it in person and get a signed receipt.
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