Rental Policies and Procedures

The following policies have been established to ensure a streamlined process for all applicants to lease at Courtyard Apartments. Please read the following polices. If you feel you meet the guidelines for qualifying, we encourage you to submit an application.

Fair Housing

Courtyard Apartments 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.

Credit Criteria

• Courtyard Apartments will obtain credit, criminal, rental, and employment (if applicable) reports.

Application Fees

• There will be a non-refundable $35.00 application fee for each applicant.  Without this fee, your application is considered incomplete and will not be processed. These fees are NON REFUNDABLE, even if you are not accepted.
• You may pay the application fee by bank draft or credit card, money order or cashier's check.
• Make money order or cashier’s check payable to:  Courtyard Apartments
• Address all mail correspondence to the following address: 
  Courtyard Apartments
  5664 Woodmont Avenue Suite B
  Baltimore, MD 21239
• All Applicants must provide a valid state issued Photo I.D, driver’s license or passport and a copy of their Social Security Card(s) or T.I.N. Card(s) and proof of income as outlined below. Please fax clear copies of these requirements to 410.433.5401 Attn: Leasing. You may also email the required application materials to Courtyard@FSEcommunities.com

Income Criteria

• Proof of tax reportable income for verification of recent one month’s income is required in form of:

Current 30 days’ worth of pay stubs or hire letter on company letter head.

• Please refer to each communities’ Leasing Center for required income guidelines.
• 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.
• Unverifiable income will NOT be considered.

Pets

• Courtyard Apartments does not permit any pets.

Approval and Move-In Conditions

Courtyard Apartments 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 a valid state issued Photo I.D, driver’s license or passport and a copy of their Social Security Card(s) or T.I.N. Card(s) and proof of income as outlined above.
• Within 3 business days of notification of approval of an application it will be necessary for all adult applicants to sign a lease and make a holding fee/security deposit payment in the amount of $300 or higher. Once a holding fee and/or security deposit is paid and you decide to cancel your move-in prior to your move in date, Fairfax Station Enterprises, LLC will retain any holding fee paid for a re-rental fee once a written cancellation notice is submitted and refund any applicable balance of your paid monies as quickly as possible. Once your lease agreement is fully executed one month rent equivalent will be retained in the event of written cancellation prior to move in.
Next Step

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