Aside from the usual, human rights and discrimination aside, are there those type or class of applicant that you will not even consider renting to. Excluding the obvious such as criminals, those with pets or children etc based on your specific property type.
Off the top of my head and keeping in mind that we all have standards that may not be strictly legal would you reject some of these :
Neck and facial tattoos, single guys, recently separated women, single mothers, welfare, restaurant workers, nationalities know to cook offensive smelling food, smokers, low income immigrants, bikers, tattoo artists, recreational drug users, prostitutes. others.
Or based on human rights laws etc. is everyone welcome as long as they pass basic screening standards.
How do you feel about intermixing these types into a multi unit environment.
I would never try to defend my decision by saying "it was the tattoos". Not to brag but I have what I consider a average IQ level.
Steve I am not certain you have read through the entire thread. Yes denying anyone in the listed groups because they are in that group would be discrimination. My point is if you have a belief that due to their particular classification, definition or whatever renting to them would places your business at a higher risk do you choose not to rent to them.
By not renting to them I am not suggesting you deny their application based on your belief but rather do you continue to advertise and screen applicants for a more suitable/better or equally qualified candidate then simply notify them they are not accepted.
I regularly tell applicants that I am still accept and screening applications when pressed for a decision. No applicant is ever told more than simply - sorry your application has not been accepted. I do not ever tell a applicant why they are rejected but to be honest I have rejected applicants because they are arrogant, rude, dirty all sorts of reasons completely unrelated to their financial, employment, credit and all other normal screening criteria.
Is there anyone you will rent to other than white Christian men?
Sure middle aged married Atheists. No tattoos, no smelly food and I guess no furry fetish (that's a new one on my list).
Tell me young single guys aren't a higher risk for many reasons and I would guess you have not been in the business very long.
To be honest I have no less than 7 different single male tenants at this time. All over age 45, and either widowed or divorced. Extremely stable. It's all about risk.
Any guess as to why recently separated women are a higher risk.