Re: Advertise rental as available for just one person?

Re: Advertise rental as available for just one person? by Bill on September 2, 2014 @13:45

When interested parties call, ask them for the number and ages of their "family." When you get to three you can express your regrets but explain that the law does not allow you to have more than two tenants in a one bedroom place.

Start asking about their pets and again express your regrets. After that you can inquire about their income and ask them what they "believe" their credit score. The acceptable credit and income levels are set by you. The levels can be higher for some than others.

You can always find something wrong with the application.
1. Pets
2. Too many tenants
3. Not enough income
4. Credit too low
5. Not long enough on the job
6. Insufficient previous rental experience
7. No landlord references for the past 3 places.
8. Criminal background

You can find a reason to disqualify anyone you do not want. No matter what landlords say, no one accepts an applicant they do not want.

When you do find an applicant...make the lease month to month so you can get them moving faster if things go sour.

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Re: Advertise rental as available for just one person? by Lighthope on September 3, 2014 @00:47	[ Reply ]

> ask them for the number and ages of their "family." Ages? No, bad. You can be accused of discrimination against children or seniors, which some localities forbid. > The acceptable credit and income levels are set by you. The > levels can be higher for some than others. Also dangerous. You can easily be accused of discrimination by having different credit standards for different people. Lighthope Pearls of Wisdom - I'm not 50. I'm 49.95!

Re: Advertise rental as available for just one person? by Bill on September 3, 2014 @11:01	[ Reply ]

If you do not know the ages, how will you know who needs to sign the lease? There is also nothing wrong with knowing the number of people who expect to occupy your property. All landlords make adjustments in what they find as acceptable credit and income levels. If a landlord lowers his requirement the others must have been higher. Again, acceptable credit and income levels are set by the landlord. Let me say again, no matter what landlords say, no one accepts an applicant they do not want. That is a Pearl of Wisdom.

Re: Advertise rental as available for just one person? by Anonymous on September 3, 2014 @11:32	[ Reply ]

"If you do not know the ages, how will you know who needs to sign the lease?" Explicitly asking 'how old are you?' is the problem. Date of birth being on the application is NOT a problem. The same thing goes for employment. They can't ask how old you are, but your birthdate is required for background checks/etc. "Again, acceptable credit and income levels are set by the landlord." Yes, they are set, but Fair Housing prevents them from being set at random and differently for different applicants. You can read an entire list here, but the relevant portion is below. http://www.thelpa.com/lpa/forum-thread/323719/Advertise-rental-as-available-for-just-one-person%3F.html "What kind of housing discrimination do the federal Fair Housing Acts prohibit? Creates different terms or standards for certain tenants"

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