Tenant Qualification Criteria

TENANT QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Please ensure before making application:

1. Applicants MUST be adults over the age of 18. All adults in the household must complete our electronic tenant application, individually.

2. If you decide to rent one of our listed properties, in addition to monthly rent, a security deposit equal to one month’s rent +$50 and the rent for the first month of the lease will be charged to tenants prior to tenancy. In certain instances, an increased deposit and/or non-refundable risk mitigation fees will apply.

3. Holding Fee: If you qualify to rent with us and have identified a home you would like to rent we are able to hold a home specifically for you! To reserve a home you must (a.) Receive your application approval from our office, and (b.) Have personally viewed the interior of the home and agree to accept the home in as-is condition. To ensure your reservation we charge a holding fee which is equal to the amount of the properties advertised first month's rent +$50. This fee may beconvertible to a security deposit after you have signed a lease and moved into your new rental home. Please keep in mind that if we hold or reserve a property for your future rental use and thereby cause our property managers to take the property off the open rental market, and you later change your mind about renting the property, you will forfeit 100% of your holding deposit.

4. In the event you enter into a lease agreement and change your mind prior to taking possession of the rental property, you shall forfeit all deposit funds as liquidated damages. In addition, you may be held responsible to the additional terms of the lease you signed.

5. If for any reason you are not approved for a rental property, the application processing fee (for each party) is non-refundable so please ensure you are able to qualify before you apply.

6. With an exception for minor children, current occupancy standards are a maximum of 2 persons per bedroom. However, some city and county municipalities and/or homeowners associations prohibit more than two (2) unrelated adults to reside in a single family dwelling unit. Consequently, DeSantis Property Management also prohibits the rental of a single family dwelling to more than two (2) unrelated adults.

7. Pets and/or Service Animals or Emotional Support Animals must be registered at PetScreening.com. Pet Registration on PetScreening is $20 per year, per pet. Any service animals or Emotional Support Animals are required to have legal documentation submitted to this third party verification.

8. When individual tenant candidates make application and pay the application processing fee they are authorizing DeSantis Property Management to conduct a background investigation consisting of but not limited to the following areas:

• Review of your credit report and your credit score,
• Review of public records for past evictions,
• Verification of your current employment,
• Verification your previous landlord reference(s),
• Run and review a criminal background check,
• Review local county civil and criminal public records,
• Compare applicant names vs. entries in the sex offender databases.

If you cannot provide positive references, have a debt to income ratio that shows you cannot afford to pay rent from your documented income (pay stubs, bank records, or tax returns), have no work history or an unstable work history, been evicted in the past, have a criminal record, or any occupant is listed in the sex offender database, you may not qualify for a rental at this time.

• All applicants should view the exterior & interior of the rental or have a trusted friend or relative(s) view the rental prior to occupancy because all rentals must be accepted “AS-IS” before the application process is complete.

• RESIDENT SELECTION CRITERIA

  Below please review our minimum residential qualification criteria.

  • Minimum Credit Score – Applicants with combined net income meeting the income requirements of the specific property they wish to rent must all also have a minimum credit score of 580. (No credit is considered a ZERO score). If your credit does not meet the minimum threshold we may be unable to rent to you. In some cases, in select properties only, a waiver may be granted and an additional (double) security deposit AND/OR Risk Mitigation Fees may required.
  • Income – Applicants must have a combined documentable net income of 3.0 times the monthly rental payment. Acceptable forms of documentation are your work pay stubs for the previous three months or your personal bank account statements for the previous three months. If proof of net household income of 3.0 times the monthly rental payment can not be provided, we may be unable to qualify you. What is Net Income? This is your take-home pay after taxes and other payroll deductions. Net income is the amount used to make your monthly budget and pay your household bills.
  • Applicants must all have at least 12 months verifiable rental history. Applicants can have no more than three (3) late payments, during the last 12 month period as reported by the previous landlord(s). Applicants must also be reported to have “taken good care of the property”.
  • Applicants must not have an outstanding balance with a previous landlord.
  • Applicants must not have a rental eviction on their record.

• PETS

  • We happily accept pets into many of our rental properties. Except for fish, two pets may be permitted with the following considerations:
  • Some rental units will not accept pets for any reason. If a pet is approved, a one time non-refundable pet fee of $300 for the first pet, and $200 for each additional pet will be charged. In addition to the one-time fees, Monthly Pet Fees are charged per pet according to FIDO Score:
  • FIDO Score of 5 – $50.00
  • FIDO Score of 4 – $60.00
  • FIDO Score of 3 – $70.00
  • FIDO Score of 2 – $85.00
  • FIDO Score of 1 – $100.00

  Please note: Prior to tenant approval, if you are bringing a pet, we ask all tenant candidates to register their pet with Desantispm.petscreening.com. PetScreening is a simple and secure way to manage and share important information about your Pet or Assistance Animal. There is a nominal cost to register your pet with PetScreening.com unless you have a bonafide assistance animal in your household. There is no charge ($0) for submitting a reasonable accommodation request for an Assistance Animal. Your request will be reviewed by the PetScreening.com legal review team per the FHAct guidelines. Please be aware of laws and local ordinances, if any, for criminal offenses and/or penalties for committing assistance animal fraud.

• SMOKING

  100% of our rental units are smoke free. Smoking is never allowed inside our rental units. Smoking inside a rental unit is cause for immediate termination of a lease and tenants who have a lease terminated for smoking will forfeit all security deposits.

• RENTER'S INSURANCE

  Landlord Approved Renter's Insurance Plan

  All Tenants are required to maintain property damage liability insurance on behalf of the Landlord and Property Manager. Coverage is required in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) for damage to both Landlord's and third parties’ property with the provisions covering at least the perils of fire, smoke, explosion, accidental water discharge and sewer backup. Tenants are required to name DeSantis Property Management as an “Interested Party” on the Renter's Insurance Policy if tenant elects to buy their own policy independent of the program through DeSantis Property Management (can be done through our portal once approved as a tenant).

  Please note that while landlords may carry property insurance protecting the "property" from certain perils, tenant belongings and possessions are not covered and tenants are not beneficiaries of Landlord insurance products. Additionally, tenants are responsible to Landlord for all costs of repair for damages due to tenant negligence as stated in the Lease regardless of existing Landlord insurance. It is important to think ahead and insure yourself against the unexpected.

  To help cover the unforeseen costs that can arise from certain unexpected and disastrous perils (fire, water) including in some cases tenant negligence, DeSantis Property Management has created an easy arrangement for buying a renters insurance policy. This tenant specific policy offers several financial benefits to tenants in the event of a disaster including personal liability protection up to $100,000, personal property coverage up to $10,000 even covering living expenses should a tenant need to relocate due to a disaster.

  Tenants may OPT OUT of purchasing this required insurance through landlord’s preferred insurance provider at any time by providing written proof of the following three items:

  • Evidence of Required Insurance levels to show the Policy is in effect, when it will start & end, and who is named on the policy.
  • “DeSantis Property Management" must be named as an “Additionally Interested” party to the insurance declarations.
  • The Tenant Liability coverage has to be equal to or greater than $100,000 in Tenant Liability Coverage.

  If tenants wish to obtain Renters Insurance through DeSantis Property Management's preferred provider, it can be done directly through our online portal.