Bad Credit or Rental History: Finding a Home

At Sky's The Limit Realty, we understand the challenges you face when seeking a rental home with bad credit or a less-than-perfect rental history. Let us guide you through the process and increase your chances of approval.

Overcoming the Biggest Hurdle

The biggest challenge is convincing a landlord to accept your application. However, there is hope! By preparing properly and following certain steps, your application will have a much higher chance of getting approved with the help of Sky's The Limit Realty.

Essential Preparations for Success

If you are facing bad credit or a negative rental history, Sky's The Limit Realty advises you to prepare for the following:

  1. Double Deposit - Some landlords may require this to offset their risk.
  2. First and Last Month's Rent - They may request the last month's rent in addition to the first month upon move-in.
  3. Paying off a Previous Judgement - If you have any kind of broken lease or money owed to a previous landlord, you may need to show you have a payment plan in place to be approved for a new home to rent.

Dispelling Landlord Misconceptions

It is not hopeless! With a little planning, you can set yourself up for a beautiful new home despite your previous challenges. Our team of professional Licensed Locators at Sky's The Limit Realty will be able to help negotiate with prospective landlords to help them feel confident in approving your application.

Let Us Help You Find Your Next Home

As Licensed Agents, we are also consultants and professional negotiators. We will work with prospective landlords to help you get approved. Typically speaking, if you are getting back on top of your credit score and showing improvement, and you have saved some additional cash to help offset the risk, as described above: We feel confident that we can help get you into a beautiful and ideal home or wonderful apartment community.

 

Still Not Sure?

 

If saving the extra cash is too big of a challenge for you at this point, no worries! Apartment communities typically have much lower and affordable deposits, than houses. There are specific communities who are more willing to accept high risk applications.  We know where those communities are and we can lead to you them.