TENANTS

Prior to viewing a property, you will be required to provide proof of income or a complete application. We encourage all applicants to view our video tours, photos and map prior to a showing request.  

Tenant Screening Requirements
Windermere Lease Source (WLS) contracts with a professional screening company to conduct background checks on prospective tenants. The process usually takes 2-3 business days. Once the information is gathered, by the screening service, applicants’ qualifications will be reviewed with the property’s owner. The screening process may include, but is not be limited to, obtaining, verifying and reviewing the applicants’ credit, criminal, rental and employment histories.  Here are some additional factors you should know:
1.   WLS does not accept any comprehensive or reusable screening reports.  All screening is to be conducted by applying thru the WLS website, www.WindermereLeaseSource.com
2.   WLS may accept co-signers
3.   If property owner permits dogs, no Rottweilers, or dogs that are any part Pitbull, will be permitted because of exclusions by most renter and property owner insurance restrictions.
4.  If roommates are applying for a property, each roommate must qualify, independent of other roommates.
5.  All persons aged 18 years or older, must submit an application and may be required to be a signer on the lease. 
6.  Prospective tenants should be aware that more than one applicant may apply to lease the same property and WLS will select the best qualified applicant in the order it is received.  

Applications must be accompanied by the following:
1.    Copies of prospective tenant(s) picture identification are to be submitted to Windermere Lease Source as part of the application.
2.    Applications Fees must be paid before applications are processed
3.    Proof of employment and income are required if applicant is relocating from out of the Spokane area.
4.    If applicant owns his/her own business, copies of personal tax or bank statements will be required as proof of income.
5.    If screening service is unable to receive verification from an employer, two (2) months of recent payroll verification are required.
6.    If a government grant or assistance is a portion of income source, documentation proving this income source will be necessary.
It is of critical importance that the rental application be filled out in its entirety before submission: Whether an application is accepted or denied depends on a number of factors. In some cases, a single incident, such as a current or recent bankruptcy, will disqualify an applicant.

Credit, Criminal, Rental and Employment History
1.    Income: Applicants must have a verifiable monthly income of at least three (3x) times the amount of the lease payment. Applicants must have been employed, in their current positions, for a period of at least six months.
2.    Rental History: If applicant has a rental history which indicates late payments, being served with ten or fourteen-day notices, or reports by previous landlords indicating applicant was uncooperative, the application will probably be denied.
3.    Credit and Civil Records History: Active bankruptcy, a completed bankruptcy within the past four years, any property foreclosure, unpaid collections, judgments, liens, charged off accounts or excessively late trade accounts will cause an application to be denied.
4.    Any of the following will result in the rejection of an application: An unlawful detainer action, court-ordered eviction, any conviction for murder, manslaughter, assault, robbery/burglary, rape, child molestation, rape of a child, arson, delivery of a controlled substance, manufacturing a controlled substance, kidnapping, possession of a controlled substance, theft or reckless burning.  
5.    Any false, misleading, or intentionally omitted information. Minor discrepancies in an applicants’ background are unlikely to cause denial to lease. It is the goal of Windermere Lease Source Property Management to represent good properties and to ensure the applicants seeking to lease those properties have demonstrated their willingness and ability to maintain the property, make lease payments as agreed and be good citizens and neighbors. 

1   A separate application for each adult (18 years of age or older) must be completed. All applicants must individually meet eligibility criteria.

2.  Application fee of $55 per person will not be refunded. An additional $200 non-refundable, administrative fee, will be charged as a move-in cost (charged one time at move-in, not in person).