--64.246.xxx.xx

"Will you work with me?" Translation: bend your requiremnts because I am special and needy. Nah, I work for myself, I don't have time to work with anyone else! --73.165.xxx.x

Sorry, Face to Face won't be happening. --198.54.xxx.xxx

This round, I was given a check without a signature and the applicant insisted I could put it through my bank account and it would go through, that he handed out checks without signing them all the time and it worked. Um, I don't think so. I'm processing now and will find nice legal way to reject him. He replaced the check with a good one and his bank has honored it, I'm not screening without being paid. --76.178.xxx.xxx

Any time any applicant tells you that they love to garden or that they are compulsive about cleaning the house, then watch out. There is a very high chance that they are real pigs. Usually a drive-by is enough to reject, but the in-home visit can be valuable with applicants who claim to be extra clean. --76.178.xxx.xxx

I hate hearing them say they are OCD about cleaning. --107.147.xx.xx

The automated screening software I use has a “comments” section they can write in when they are filling it out. Anything that gets written there I consider a red flag. Schedule your showing, view the unit, fill the app, pay the fee. Other than that, I don’t want to hear from you. --24.152.xxx.xx

I have bad credit but rent always comes first. --68.1.xxx.xxx

All of these comments are precisely what I've heard at times in the last 30 years of being a LL. It's hilarious to me how common their statements are - are they learning this all from some website that for $49.95 will teach people with bad credit and evictions what things to say? --73.2.xx.xx

Do you animals have? Only 3 dogs and 4 cats. --174.212.xxx.xx

The best applicants have no ancillary explanations. The app tells their story and that's how it should work. Once they begin "applying" outside of that, I automatically decline. --209.122.xx.xxx

I can't afford but X rent. --76.129.xxx.xx

Can you work with me? I am taking a job next week. Oh boy these are bringing back memories from experience. --172.59.xxx.xxx

I know your ad says *******, but... --47.153.xxx.xx

In the ad after viewing rental unit will provide rental applications for all adult applicants. If they are holed up relatives place or motel they will staying forever as with todays shortage of vacant rental units and houses no one is going to through the drama along with completely trashed out rental unit. Oh I will take you to human rights tribunal where I have two children and I am on social assistance. She owed cable and cell phone bills over $700 CDN dollars. If you want rental unit then rent must come directly social assistance. She called back or took me to the human rights tribunal as I she was not refused a rental unit. What happens once they move the renege then another completely trashed rental unit along with rents starts all over again. Housing as a last resort which is Community housing formally called the housing authority then if evicted out for life. --207.236.xxx.xxx

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Good luck trying to garnish a lifelong S8 tenant. --107.147.xx.xx

"The house is overrun with mice and roaches and the landlord won't take care of it. We need to get out of there right now" --107.141.xx.xxx

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Don't judge me by my past.I'm different now. And then when I look at court records they have 2 pages worth --174.213.xxx.xx

Email addresses can be red flags too --24.152.xxx.xx

ExCCAddict@ xxxxxx . com was the latest email received --24.101.xxx.xxx

Neither would put them high on my list. --107.147.xx.xx

Crack cocaine? Ha what could go wrong? --73.147.xxx.xx

When I asked the 230 pound guy he said he used to run cross country. That must have been a super sized fry or two ago --24.101.xxx.xxx

On my pre-screening form where they can ask questions, one said "how much are the late fees?" --99.69.xxx.xx

When someone says "I'm a local!" that's a handicap to overcome in my book. --173.28.xx.xxx

The Translation: Sure, I like to stand outside to smoke when convenient and definitely not in poor weather. I will absolutely pollute the entire property with butts and there will most likely be a fresh burn on the edge of the bathroom sink when I move out. --68.34.xxx.xxx

I just need a chance. Can you work with me? I have never rented before. My credit is bad due to ……. fill in the blank. I can have the deposit in 2 weeks. The line for attorney actually filled in is a red flag, I work for my family and get paid in cash . Can I park my ex’s car here while they travel for work? How much weight can the floors hold? (fish tank). --174.225.xx.xxx

Started making my places non-smoking/vaping inside or out. It might take longer to get it filled but it won't take longer to clean after they are gone. --107.147.xx.xx

"looking to get out on my own, to be independent, do you accept S8 or raft" ( subsidy for rent payments) --68.66.xxx.xxx

We are a family of 5 looking for at least a 3 bedroom... We have an eviction on our record and one of us has an old felony. We can't find anything anywhere. We have completely changed our lives we just need someone to give us a chance. --68.1.xxx.xxx