When to use it
Best fit: property managers, leasing coordinators, and applicant-support teams that need a careful way to acknowledge income-document questions without inventing approval odds, screening thresholds, document exceptions, upload security rules, or fair-housing-sensitive requirements.
Outcome: a clean source card, a safe applicant reply, and a manager/screening-review stop rule before anyone uses AI to summarize or answer income verification questions.
Income-document source card
- Applicant/application ID:
[application / prospect ID] - Property/unit:
[property / unit / floor plan] - Question type:
[upload help / acceptable document / missing document / employer verification / benefit statement / bank record / self-employed proof / status] - Official upload path:
[portal URL / app provider / secure upload step / in-office option] - Approved document list source:
[published rental criteria / application checklist / screening provider / manager-approved FAQ] - What is not verified yet:
[income threshold / exception / status / document sufficiency / approval decision] - Reviewer needed:
[leasing manager / screening provider / compliance/legal / accounting]
STOP AUTOMATION rules
- Do not invent acceptable documents. Check the published criteria and screening-provider instructions before naming pay stubs, bank statements, offer letters, benefit records, tax forms, or self-employment proof.
- Do not promise approval, denial, or timing. Keep replies to upload steps, missing-source review, and next-step routing until the screening status is verified.
- Do not request sensitive records through an unsafe channel. Use the official portal or approved secure path; do not ask applicants to text or email private financial documents unless policy explicitly allows it.
- Do not change criteria case-by-case. Any exception, alternative proof, guarantor route, or accommodation-sensitive issue needs manager/compliance review for consistency and fair-housing risk.
- Do not summarize income or eligibility from partial uploads. Missing pages, old dates, cropped screenshots, unverifiable employer names, or mismatched applicant names require source review.
Applicant-safe reply snippets
Upload-path acknowledgement
Hi [Name] — thanks for checking. Please upload income documents through [official portal/path] so they stay tied to your application record. I’m checking the approved document list before confirming whether anything else is needed.
Missing or unclear document
Hi [Name] — I see your question about [document]. I do not want to guess about whether it satisfies screening criteria, so I’m routing it for review against the current application checklist and will send the verified next step.
Alternative income proof
Hi [Name] — alternative income proof can depend on the approved criteria and screening-provider rules. Please use [secure upload path], and I’ll have the team confirm whether additional documentation is required.
Status request
Hi [Name] — I don’t want to overstate the application status from a document upload alone. I’m checking the application record and screening status first, then I’ll share the confirmed next step.
CRM labels and review prompt
income_doc_upload_helpincome_doc_missing_reviewalternative_income_proofscreening_status_requestedmanager_or_compliance_review
Manager review prompt: “Check the published rental criteria, secure upload path, screening-provider record, fair-housing consistency, accommodation-sensitive context, and approved document list before sending any income threshold, eligibility, exception, approval, denial, fee, deadline, or document-sufficiency wording.”
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