Your best bet would be to use a co-signer, who would vouch for you and be held financially responsible should you be unable to make payments. Finding someone willing to do that can be difficult. It should be someone who is financially stable with good credit history.
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I would be happy to rent to someone with felonies - or more correctly, that by itself would not disqualify you - I'm still going to look at who the person is who wants to rent, looking for good renters like I suppose every landlord does. But I am pissed that society never ever forgives, never forgets. All I have is one house in the Lewisville area, 4 bedrooms with pool. $1300/month. Surely I am not alone?
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Ole Bay will rent to people with bad credit and/or felony convictions, as long as you can show that you can afford to pay the bill.
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Usually, it depends on the landlord though. That's how most people with bad credit get an apartment.
Normally speaking, apartment complexes and owners are not looking at a credit score as a basis for their decision to rent you an apartment. Of course this might be a factor with luxury apartments. But what landlords are looking for our history of evictions and nonpayment of utility bills. If the issue with your credit is simply with credit cards, medical bills, or even furniture bills, this usually does not affect the decision of the landlord. This is especially true with landlords who rent apartments to low income tenants. Also if your credit issue is more than two years old this is often overlooked by the landlord. Most apartment complexes will do credit checks -- that's a fact of life. But if everyone with bad credit was denied an apartment this could be considered discrimination. Other factors involved include criminal records: apartment owners do not want recently convicted felons are convicted sex offenders in their units.