09/29/2026
Approving a tenant is more than checking one pay stub.
I look at the full picture. Income and how stable it is. Time on the job. Rental history. Credit and debt. Past evictions. Background, reviewed case by case under fair housing law.
Second jobs are getting harder to count, because some of that work is exactly what AI is replacing. The rent has to make sense on income that will still be there.
So check three things. How long they've held it. What the work actually is. Whether the rent still works on the main job alone. If it does, we're good.