I. To See Properties:
A. Come to our office between 9:00am-4:00pm to check out a key ($20.00 cash key deposit, plus picture id) OR
B. Visit our rental open houses at apartment complexes during their normal open for inspection time. Under Rental Services see specific times and places under Rental Listings OR
C. Arrange for an individual showing with us. The most favored times for showing being 8:05 AM, 12:00 noon, and 5:15 PM weekdays.
II. To Apply For Rental Unit
A. Fill out application after seeing unit and pay a $20.00 fee per adult that will be living in unit (if applicants have been married 3 years or more pay only one fee of $20.00 per couple).
1. The primary items considered are:
A. All blanks on application are filled out with truthful information that includes correct phone numbers.
B. Consistency in paying rent on time.
C. Consistency in staying at past rental units for extended periods of two years or more at a time with logical reason for moving from each past location.
D. Consistency of past, current, and future income.
E. Credit bureau report. Note: We discount and or ignore hospital / medical bills if we feel they are not going to cause your pay to be garnished.
2. If above A through E are not up to par then one or more below may cause the applicant to be approved
A. Pays extra one month’s deposit.
B. Provides strong guarantors (preferably mother and father who work garnishable stable jobs and who jointly own a home or other real estate).
C. Pays last months rent in advance.
D. Do some combination of A, B, and C above.
III. To Get Lease
We try to advise you within 1-3 days that you are approved. At that point you (all adults over 18 to live at property) must come in within 24 hours and:
A. Pay deposit by cashiers check.
B. Sign lease.
IV. To Get Key
1. If house / unit you are renting is heated by oil you need to set up an account with a reputable oil deliver firm prior to receiving a key.
2. You need to come in and pay a full months rent by cashiers check (note any prorata rent credit will be applied to second month’s rent.) Future rent Payments may be made by check or money order. Sorry, we do not accept cash or third party checks!
V. Condition Of Unit
On application (item 9), you agree to accept unit as is other
than “_______________”
A. Thus what you see before application is what you get unless you note items required to be done in item #9 blank on subject application.
B. You are strongly urged and requested to have all utilities turned on and that you check out all utility systems at least three days prior to move in to avoid inconveniences such as a lack of heat. Quite often we may be able to assist by having our service men complete the necessary repairs prior to tenant move in.