Another thing is that I normally don’t provide a rental application on site. I offer to drop it off at their current home to see what kind of condition they live in. That’s another way I gauge my tenants.
I do differently:
First I talk to the tenant, to establish job, time they need the place, number of pets if any, etc. Then I give them my email address and tell them to email me a couple personal refs, a former (not current, since current ll’s will say anything to get a bad tenant to move on) landlord, and a work ref or two.
Slobs and lazy-asses will generally not take the initiative to contact me back. Self-selection.
