[Mpls] Application Fees

[Socialist2001 at cs.com]

As a renter I never paid an application fee for a background check without 
also signing a lease agreement. 

If a landlord wants you to pay an application fee, but doesn't want to sign a 
lease agreement based on the information you provide on the application form, 
it is quite reasonable to suspect that the landlord has no intention of being 
your landlord and is merely picking your pocket. If a wannabe renter reports 
sufficient income and otherwise meets the criteria, why not rent to them on 
the spot?  Lease agreements typically allow the landlord to back out of the 
agreement if information provided on the lease application is not accurate, so the 
landlord doesn't have a good reason to not sign a lease agreement on the spot 
with the first, qualified, wannabe tenant who is ready to paid the first and 
last months rent, security deposit, etc.

-Doug Mann, King Field
Minneapolis school board candidate 
www.educationright.com
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