Include lease termination clause in rental application?

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I was watching a video and the woman mentioned the importance of including lease termination language in the rental application. She said it was important to include something like "if it is discovered that you falsified any of the information on this rental application after a lease has been signed, your least will be immediately terminated." I'm just paraphrasing the information in quotes. She said that the rental application is the most important document when finding tenants since it's what weeds out the good from the bad.

Anyone include such language in your rental applications? I was wondering if this would be an extra safeguarding step to take when searching for tenants.

Dick Rosen · Answer

We have that language in our lease but not the application. I can't think of any reason why it should be in the application?

Marc Winter · Answer

@Kelsey P., we have it in the application!

We want the applicant to know the consequences of providing false or misleading information.  We base our decision to accept or reject based on our research with the facts they provide us.  Better be accurate facts, or our decision will be flawed.

And that's why we have it printed on every application right above the tenant signature line.

Kelsey P. · Answer

@Ethan Jacobsen @Anna Sagatelova Thanks for feedback! I appreciate it.

Anna Sagatelova · Answer

We have something like that in our lease, not the application.

Ethan Jacobsen · Answer

We have wording like that in our lease as well, but not during the application process. Usually when a person "signs" their application, they are confirming the truthfulness of the information. So in a way, it's implied there. However, it's really important to have in the lease. That should be enough.

Kelsey P. · Answer

@Marc Winter that’s such a great place to put it. Thanks for contributing to this discussion.

Include lease termination clause in rental application?

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