Rental Policies and Procedures

Please read the following policies.  If you feel you meet the guidelines for qualifying, we encourage you to submit an application.

Fair Housing

Cope Property Management adheres strictly to all requirements of the Fair Housing laws.  We do not discriminate against any applicant for any reasons of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, marital status, or physical or mental disability.

Applicant

• Each person 18 years of age or older must completely fill out and sign an application.
• Applications must be accompanied by a processing fee to be considered.

Application Fees

• There will be a $30.00 application fee for each applicant.  Without this fee, your application is considered incomplete and will not be processed.
• You may also pay the application fee by cash, money order or credit card.
• Make checks payable to:  Cope Property Management
• Address all mail correspondence to the following address: 
  Cope Property Management
  PO Box 775
  Seneca, SC 29679
• These fees are NON REFUNDABLE, even if you are not accepted.

Background Check Criteria

Cope Property Management will perform a back ground check which will include credit report, evictions, bankruptcy, criminal records and contact your current and past landlords and employers.

• Credit profile - Bad credit will generally disqualify you. A minimum 600 credit score is required; owners reserve the right to set a higher minimum for their property
• Rent cannot exceed 33% of your income(s)
• Unverifiable income will NOT be considered.
• Criminal Background Check
• Positive landlord reference (did you pay rent on time and did you treat the property respectfully during tenancy, etc)
• Lying on application - automatic denial

Income Criteria

• Self-employed applicants must provide most recent tax return and three month's bank statements.
• Proof of earnings from social security, child support, alimony or spousal support must be documented.
• Eviction Screening – no evictions filed in the past 7 years. In the event that an eviction was wrongly filed against you, we will take into consideration written documentation from the landlord who filed the eviction stating the facts.

Pets

• The following dog breeds are not approved for any of our rental properties:  Rotweillers, Dobermans or any dog known as "pit bull" (also known as American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bulldog, American Pit-bull Terrier, etc).  No exceptions.

Approval and Move-In Conditions

Cope Property Management will continue to advertise and consider all other applications for the subject property until the following has been provided:

• Application(s) have been paid for, completely verified and approved.
• All Applicants have provided two (2) forms of Photo I.D and a copy of their Social Security Card(s) or T.I.N. Card(s).
• Security Deposit has been received.
• A rental agreement has been signed.