Tenant Standards & Pet Screening

We will be unable to approve an application for any one of the following reason(s):

• The credit report shows over five 30, 60, or 90-day late payments within the last 12 months OR FICO credit score below 600.
• The credit report shows at least one eviction or collection from a former landlord in the last five years.
• The applicant does not have sufficient prior rental history (at least 3 years) or employment history (at least pay stubs on the current job or 12 months or the prior job if this is a new job in a new town)
• The applicant cannot show an income of at least 3 times the monthly rent; if roommates then each must have income of at least 2 times monthly rent.

If the applicant is turned down for any of the above reasons, our policy may still allow us to rent to applicant if they can either:

1. pay an additional month’s rent in advance or
2. provide a co-signor who has acceptable credit & who owns real estate in the state of Tennessee

If one of the following is true, we will not be able to rent to the applicant under any circumstances:

• Criminal history that exceeded our acceptable minimums (certain felony convictions within the last 5 years OR sex crime conviction ever).
• Any item on the application was falsified

Pet Screening

We use a third-party pet/animal policy and screening service. Applicants must go to this link: https://apexventures.petscreening.com and fill out completely for any animal-pet.
We strive to provide mutual accountability and responsibility for the benefit of all our residents. It’s imperative that ALL our residents fully understand and acknowledge our pet and animal-related policies. This ensures we have formalized pet and animal-related policy acknowledgments and more accurate records to create greater mutual accountability.

No Pets or Animals

This is a required application process for anyone that does NOT own a pet or animal. There is no cost ($) to you for completing the application process

Household Pets

This is a required application process for anyone that owns a household pet. This includes dogs and cats and might include pets that live in cages such as birds, hamsters, rabbits, snakes or fish tanks (because of the contained water) so please ask your housing provider for clarification regarding these types of pets

Assistance Animals

This process provides a HIPAA compliant and secure way of submitting a reasonable accommodation request for an assistance animal (service animals, emotional support animals, companion animals, etc.) that will be reviewed by a third-party legal review team to ensure the accommodation request meets HUD’s Fair Housing Act guidelines. There is no cost ($0) to you to submit an accommodation request. Please make sure you are aware of your State’s laws, if any, for submitting a fraudulent accommodation request