To make a long story short, some companies will allow applicants with tax ID numbers instead of social security numbers so that non-citizens can apply to live there. It's a legally gray situation, since you can't discriminate based on national origin, but you can require social security numbers. I've seen citizens…

Oh boy, time to put my property manager pants on again! :D

We short sold our home and had to find someone to approve us to rent another home here in DFW. To complete a short sale, we had some (3?) missed payments on our otherwise impeccable credit reports.