# What is the most important thing a prospective renter should do when being interviewed by a landlord?

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**Category:** Landlord Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-prospective-renter-should-do-when-being-interviewed-by-a-landlord/630 "2019-10-18T16:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobPleau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BobPleau](https://community.avail.com/u/BobPleau)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-prospective-renter-should-do-when-being-interviewed-by-a-landlord/630/1 "2019-10-18T16:45:51Z")

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What is the most important thing a prospective renter should do when being interviewed by a landlord?

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**Author:** ![DHinDenver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@DHinDenver](https://community.avail.com/u/DHinDenver)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-prospective-renter-should-do-when-being-interviewed-by-a-landlord/630/2 "2020-10-07T18:26:32Z")

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Tell the truth about your situation and why you want to live in my house. I had one prospective tenant tell me she had a service animal; while I was reviewing her application I looked at her Facebook page. That dog she told me was a service animal was clearly no such thing. If she starts out with me like that, my trust is completely lost.

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**Author:** ![brandontrjn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@brandontrjn](https://community.avail.com/u/brandontrjn)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.avail.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-prospective-renter-should-do-when-being-interviewed-by-a-landlord/630/3 "2020-10-08T14:57:10Z")

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Also, be ready to walk away from the house if it doesn’t really fit your needs. I’ve had a number of prospective tenants with one in particular who didn’t really qualify for the property after a pre-application. I HAVE to allow you to apply and be credit/income/background checked, as a landlord we often don’t have a choice, we cant deny someone an application and the prospective tenant pays for the credit check. So this person applied, paid for the check and of course didn’t qualify - they were then upset I didn’t refund the cost of the check.