Karnes House, Austin

A non-refundable application fee of $250 must be paid at the time of booking to offset the costs of screening an applicant for acceptance as a tenant.

A refundable application deposit of $100 must be paid at the time of booking, which is refundable if an applicant is rejected as a tenant at the property.

Please note: 

1. The property may require a resident to pay a higher security deposit, based on credit scoring requirements, depending upon the extent of an applicant’s compliance with the applicable criteria.

2. If the application is approved and the applicant fails to sign a lease or take occupancy of the leased premises on the agreed date, the property may, retain the application deposit as liquidated damages for such items as lost rent, lost opportunity to rent, expenses incurred in processing an application, verifying information pertaining to an applicant and any guarantor, and lost expenses incurred due to the applicant’s failure to sign a lease or take occupancy of the leased premises on the upon agreed date. 

1. The property may approve the application of an applicant who does not individually meet its income and/or credit criteria if one or more guarantors approved by them fully and accurately complete, sign and submit a written lease contract guaranty, on the form provided by them, and unconditionally agree to and guaranty all obligations of all residents under the lease including rent, late charges, property damage, repair costs, animal-rules violations charges, reletting charges, utility payments, and all other sums which may become due under the lease. 

2. In addition to qualifying under the terms stated in the Statement of Rental Policy and Tenant Selection Criteria, applicants from countries other than the United States WHO DO NOT HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ARE TO BE PROCESSED MANUALLY. They must complete the standard application form utilized by the property as well as the supplemental rental application for non-U.S. citizens to be provided by them and must also meet the following criteria:

A) An original, valid passport showing raised notary seals and USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) documentation, which includes a photograph and fingerprints, is required. Expired passports or USCIS documents result in an automatic decline of application. On the Rental Application for Residents and Occupants, the applicant is to fill in the Passport Number in lieu of a Social Security Number.

B) Due to reasonably foreseeable difficulties in contract enforcement and collection of sums due from non-U.S. citizens, international applicants who are accepted as a tenant, with a Guarantor will be required to pay the standard security deposit plus AN ADDITIONAL ONE MONTH’S RENT AS THE TOTAL DEPOSIT prior to taking possession of the leased premises.

C) Due to reasonably foreseeable difficulties in contract enforcement and collection of sums due from non-U.S. citizens, international applicants who are accepted as a tenant, with no Guarantor, but verifiable employment will be required to pay the standard security deposit plus AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTH’S RENT AS THE TOTAL DEPOSIT prior to taking possession of the leased premises.

D) Due to reasonably foreseeable difficulties in contract enforcement and collection of sums due from non-U.S. citizens, international applicants who are accepted as a tenant, with no Guarantor but who are either self-employed, or unemployed with verification of income, will be required to pay the standard security deposit plus AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS RENT AS THE TOTAL DEPOSIT prior to taking possession of the leased premises. 

E) Due to reasonably foreseeable difficulties in contract enforcement and collection of sums due from non-U.S. citizens, international applicants who are accepted as a tenant, with no Guarantor and are either unemployed or who have non-verifiable employment may pay rent for the entire lease term IN FULL and also PAY AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND ONE-HALF MONTHS RENT AS THE TOTAL DEPOSIT prior to taking possession of the leased premises.

F) Acceptable verifications for employed applicants are a notarized letter of current employment from the applicant’s employer, which is required to be on the letterhead of that employer, be signed by an officer of the employer, and the signature must be sworn to and notarized.

Please note: All payments are required in U.S. Certified Funds. 

1. If you have an animal, you will be required to have the written approval of the property to do so and you will be required to execute an animal addendum for each animal you have in the leased premises. 

2. You must, in addition, pay a refundable animal deposit of $300 per animal, a non-refundable animal fee of $300 per animal, and additional monthly animal rent of $35 per animal.

3. You may not have more than two animals. The maximum weight limit per animal is 35 pounds. Proof of current rabies vaccine for the animal is required and the property's personnel must be given the opportunity, in its sole discretion, to view the animal and keep a current photo of the animal which will reside in the leased premises, all prior to any animal being moved-into the leased premises.

4. A $200 additional security deposit will be required from each resident who has a satellite dish serving the leased premises and this additional sum, above and beyond all other security deposit amounts, must be paid prior to installation. 

The property does not offer any cooling off period, all contracts are legal and binding.

The property may deny an applicant for residency based upon, without limitation and as set forth in more detail below, the following:

1. The applicant’s criminal history;

2. The applicant’s rental history;

3. The applicant’s current income;

4. The applicant’s credit history;

5. Failure by the applicant to provide accurate or complete information on the application form;

6. An applicant’s sex offender status (if any);

7. The applicant’s failure to timely pay the required fees and deposits as determined by the property; and

8. Failure of an applicant to adhere to the criteria set forth herein.