new residents
TENANT SCREENING:
1. Print and complete an application (at the link above) for each adult. Please send an e-mail to us with the following attachments: your last pay stub, verification of additional income (if any), and a copy of your photo I.D.
2. Once we receive everything, we will start your application process. We will respond within 24 hours, during normal business hours only.
Our e-mail address is: Rockwoodnj@gmail.com
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS BEFORE APPLYING:
- Total income for all adults together must equal approx. 3 times the monthly rent.
- Income must be verifiable.
- No evictions.
- Favorable review from your last landlord.
- No felonies/ No Criminal History
- Credit check with favorable score
The application may be denied for any of the following reasons: charge offs or bankruptcy, judgments, eviction filing, foreclosure, insufficient income, lack of full security deposit, unfavorable references, incomplete, false, or unverifiable application information, or dangerous/intimidating behavior.
THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS:
To greatly reduce the risk of having to perform an eviction, we have the following tenant screening systems and checklists in place:
- Previous Eviction Check
- Criminal Background Check
- Employment Verification
- Income Verification
- Rental History Verification
THE FINAL DECISION PROCESS:
To ensure that there aren’t any fair housing laws violated, each applicant is graded using an unbiased system that takes into account their income, rental history and other factors listed above. We take special precautions to ensure our staff and landlords are not violating anyone’s rights as set forth in the Fair Housing Act. We reserve the right to select and approve the most qualified applicant.
ONLINE BACKGROUND, CRIMINAL AND CREDIT CHECK
Please fill out our application, you must have an email address. A link will be sent to you. Each tenant pays for credit, criminal and background checks. Each tenant on the lease 18 years of age or over will need to have a credit check completed.