Zillow Rental Manager Pro vs Cons

[Grant Ginilo]

Just purchased a SFH with detached studio. Plan to Long term rent house. My Realtor who owns multiple properties recommended Zillow Rental Manager for screening tenants and listing. Can you upload your own rental application or lease or do you have to use Zillows? Thanks for responses!

[Kenny Dahill]

@Grant Ginilo, I strongly agree with @Adam Martin.  Zillow's screening reports were quite underwhelming, to say the least.  I too prefer RentPrep's for the exact same reasons: trends.  Zillow reports, if I recall, don't show their recent payments.  Whereas RentPrep's shows their past 3 years of payment statuses, not 100% on the duration.  I like seeing which credit lines they've defaulted on because it paints the full story: car payments vs credit cards vs student payments.

There's better options out there than Zillow.  Zillow has the biggest brand name in real estate but I've never been impressed with their rental platform.

Reach out directly if you have questions on other solutions, I've studied and experimented on several landlord platforms.