{"id":5358,"date":"2016-10-04T16:26:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2016-10-04T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:26:45","slug":"can-landlord-legally-reject-prospective-tenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/can-landlord-legally-reject-prospective-tenant\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Landlord Legally Reject a Prospective Tenant?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n

Landlord clients often ask me about what they can do legally to screen and\/or reject prospective tenants. A landlord\u2019s goal is to lease the premises to a tenant who will pay their rent and keep the premises in good shape. To accomplish this goal, there are several areas that a landlord can use to legally exclude or reject prospective tenants. Some examples include non-smoking; criminal convictions for any reason; low credit score; bad reference from previous landlord; etc. A landlord can deny housing to a prospective tenant for just about any reason, so long as the reason used is not an illegal reason. The list of illegal reasons are contained in the Fair Housing Act.<\/p>\n

There are three basic documents that every landlord should use when leasing real property. One of these three documents is the Rental Application. When used correctly, the Rental Application provides the landlord with the best tools to legally reject a prospective tenant.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Landlord clients often ask me about what they can do legally to screen and\/or reject prospective tenants. A landlord\u2019s goal is to lease the premises to a tenant who will pay their rent and keep the premises in good shape. To accomplish this goal, there are several areas that a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"\nCan a Landlord Legally Reject a Prospective Tenant|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the use of a well-crafted Rental Application, a landlord can stop a problem before it begins. We can help. 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