Finding the right tenants and avoiding the bad ones is critical for any landlord that wants to maintain their sanity while growing their rental business. Online tenant screening is therefore an indispensable tool. Just think about it, almost every nightmare rental...
Can I Use Social Media to Screen my Tenants? It’s no secret people love social media. Posting, retweeting, and keeping up with friends and celebrities has become a part of the daily routine for many. In fact, 7 out of every 10 Americans use social media to connect...
Active Screening vs. Passive Screening Odds are, you aren’t familiar with what passive tenant screening is. When you think about “tenant screening,” you’ve probably got active screening on your mind. Active screening is the process by which landlords and...
Dealing with a bad tenant is an experience that landlords look to avoid at all costs. Usually, it means lost income, wasted time, and damaged assets. Screening tenants is one of the best steps you can take to protect yourself, your properties and your sanity. But,...
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of a rental application when it comes to effective tenant screening. Even a bare bones application with little more than personal contact info can be cross-referenced against a credit report to weed out many of the more...
Particularly for first time landlords, tenant screening may seem like a waste of time – an unnecessary road block standing between you and your rent checks. Who needs a credit report or background check you’re not even prepared to interpret? You trust yourself to meet...
