International Students w/out SS #s: No Credit & Background Checks

International Students w/out SS #s: No Credit & Background Checks

Jon S.Pro Member
Investor · Tampa, FL · Member since 2015 · 530 posts · 92 votes

How do you screen international applicants? Are there special clauses added to the lease, such as additional deposit requirements, etc, in order to rent to international applicants? I have some very nice international students from France and the UK, who go to a good school and have applied and I would like to rent to them. However, the problem I am running into is that they and their parents do not have social security numbers. Therefore, Smart Move cannot do any credit and background checks. They have offered to give me a copy of the H1-Visa, their passport, a bank letter from their parents banks, showing their deposits in France and the UK. This is not a process I am accustomed to. I'm confident they are great applicants and can afford the apartment. I normally require first month, last month and security deposit. They have no problem with this. Should I require anything additional? Are there alternate processes for international applicants? Thank you so much!! 

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  • Member since 2020 · 38 posts · 10 votes
    5y

    No answers? I am running into a similar problem. What did you end up doing?

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