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Need help with tenants wanting to choose new tenants

Ryan Sheer
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Hello all, first post on here.

My current downstairs tenants have asked about family members moving into the vacant upstairs apartment of my 2 family. 

I sent them an application to fill out and find that there would be 5 people moving in and its a 2 bedroom. The family member, her boyfriend, and her 3 kids (2 school age and 1 newborn). They have section 8 and from what im reading a 2 bedroom doesnt meet the requirements. On top of this she has an eviction on record. 

I havent had the property long but the downstairs tenants dont seem to be bad tenants. However, when I let them know I dont think its a good idea there seems to be some animosity. I asked them if they had anyone else they knew that would be interested in moving in to show I do care about them being comfortable, but that didnt seem to help. 

Any advice on this?

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Craig Jeppesen
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Craig Jeppesen
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Just tell your tenants that they didn’t qualify and move on.

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