Am I the only one who didn't know a landlord can't count a dispute you're still fighting?

Leo Rodriguez · 2026-11-13T09:50:05.736656+00:00

Got denied for an apartment in Phoenix back in March because of a $900 collection from an old phone bill I never actually owed. My credit guy said to just write a letter to the property manager explaining it was in dispute, not just to the credit bureaus. I sent the letter with my dispute confirmation number from the phone company and a copy of the account statement, and the property manager called me 6 days later to say they'd approve me with a bigger deposit. I had been applying to places for 2 months and getting rejected with no clue why. The letter was one page, no fancy wording, just the facts and the confirmation number. Has anyone else had a leasing office actually read a dispute letter, or did I just get lucky with this one?

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