All other rental companies require last month deposit AFTER the tenants sign the lease, but District Realty requires that at the time a prospective tenant submit a rental applicationAfter the customer submitted all the required documents and money order of last month deposit, they would tell the customer that the unit was rented to another person, and asked you to rent a more expensive unitIf the customer doesn't take their offer, he or she would loose the cost of the money orderI am not sure whether this is their method to "sell" their more expensive and less-demanded unitsAll above is my experience
All other rental companies require last month deposit AFTER the tenants sign the lease, but District Realty requires that at the time a prospective tenant submit a rental applicationAfter the customer submitted all the required documents and money order of last month deposit, they would tell the customer that the unit was rented to another person, and asked you to rent a more expensive unitIf the customer doesn't take their offer, he or she would loose the cost of the money orderI am not sure whether this is their method to "sell" their more expensive and less-demanded unitsAll above is my experience