Question about applying to live in an apartment?

Question

The lease for my current apartment ends soon and I am not renewing it... meaning I need to find a new apartment asap. Unfortunately my work has been extremely busy lately and I feel like I'm working 24/7 so by the time I get home all the management offices are closed. I was able to get some applications for apartments on my last day off but I won't have another day off until sometime next week. However I do have just enough time to turn them in tomorrow before work so I was trying to fill them out tonight. I forgot how lengthy they are and they require references from employers and landlords. If I want to get these applications in tomorrow I won't have time to get the references and if I wait til my next day off the apartment I want could be taken (1 already is since I saw it last week). So my question is will they still take applications with everything else filled out if I give them my references in the next couple days or does everything have to be filled out completely? Are they lenient? I mean I'd be giving them enough relevant information as well as my driver's license number to do a credit check and an application fee so they should be ok with that but I don't know. What do you guys think? Do you have any experience from this?

Answer 1

I would definitely ask. A lot of places are willing to be flexible about things like this- they want new tenants and are not likely to reject you just because you may be a little behind on references.

Example of this kind of flexibility: earlier this year, my employer was slow with my letter of employment to my apartment complex but everything else was in so they held the apartment for me and waited on that.  

Answer 2

As a landlord, which I am, I would by happy to consider an application submitted with a note explaining appropriate letters and references will be faxed asap, especially if you have a good rental history and job stability.