fourfour82 t1_jad8bds wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:31 PM

Are application fees and screening fees different? All the apartments I applied to said the background check was included with the application which is why they wanted an application fee. Have landlords been charging an application fee and a screening fee?!?!

Majestic-Feedback541 t1_jaegbwq wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:10 PM

They shouldn't be charging anything. When they choose a tenant that cost can be built into the rent. I have only paid once for an application (in Biddeford) and the guy was showing 5 groups of people, collecting those fees from each of us. It felt like a scam. We didn't end up getting the apartment and I was out $100. (That was pretty much my grocery money for the week)