For years, I have PREscreened applicants prior to scheduling viewings of my OCCUPIED rental homes.
While properties appear VACANT on my website, they are actually OCCUPIED by current residents who are leaving at the end of their current lease term.
To view an occupied property, the rental prospects must complete our one page rental application. No further screening is done and no application fee is required at this point; however, all ADULT applicants must have application form.
As more ADULT children move back home after graduation or because of the HIGH UNemployment numbers where they currently live, prospects may HOPE that they will only be in their TENANT-household for a short time - until they get a job * however, they must be SCREENED like they are going to reside in the property for the length of the lease.
Since all tenants named on the lease are JOINTLY and SEVERALLY responsible for the PAYMENT of the RENT and PERFORMANCE of the TERMS of the LEASE, SCREENING these applicants is IMPORTANT.
....as the bumper sticker says * HOPE for the best (that they get a job and leave) and PLAN for the worst (that they will remain through the length of the lease).
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