A Michigan rental application requests personal information from applicants like their address, income, employment history, and credit history. Though these may seem like invasive questions, they are essential for the landlord as a tenant screening tool to determine which prospective tenant will be most likely to pay the rent on time and also take care of the property. Rental applications also generally come with a fee that ranges from $25 to $75 but can be higher.
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To create a Michigan rental application form to help you with the screening process with potential tenants, including the following sections.
Signing a rental lease agreement means that you're entering into a legally binding contract. It may seem like you have no rights as a tenant, but that's not true. There are several resources in Michigan that can help you.
Michigan law caps security deposits at one and one-half the monthly rent (1.5x) and requires landlords to return a tenant’s deposit to him or her within 30 days (Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 554.602 to 554.616).