It seems like with all personal information there should be some kind of limit when it is a third party asking and isn't about your particular landlord tenant relationship. 

A few tactics most successful builders lean on: • Contracts: One-sided contracts sound good on paper, but in practice they can hurt your reputation and limit repeat buyers.

Placing each property in its own LLC and running management income through an S-Corp (with enough property management fees and retirement) further reduces taxes and limits liability.A balanced allocation could be $250K–$300K toward two or three short-term rentals in regulation-friendly markets using leverage to control around $1M in assets.

Renting the basement as is could work, but keep in mind that unfinished spaces with limited access to kitchen and bathroom might limit how much you can charge and the type of tenant you attract.

WE ask on our application How long have you stayed at your current residence? 

Ounce you get a qualified applicant you have to get property inspected which took us 4 weeks to get an inspection then they called some very petty items like outdoor exterior light that didnt have glass on it. 

Once in the past we did make application for a bank mortgage and it was one of the most frustrating processes I have ever seen.

If you start changing your screening requirements based on your applicant's profile, you'll find yourself in hot water with fair housing really quickly. 

@Crystal Stroessner wouldn't we already be seeing much of these in the lending application data or something similar? 

The guide is ambiguous as to whether or not that applies as an exception to CMX-1 zoning, or is applicable to CMX-2/3 zoning.