Smart Move Credit checks for married couples

[Angie W.]

I will be using Smart Move for the first time with my current vacancy.

I have been looking over the site and it appears that if I want everything that they offer the cost is $30. I have a few questions for anyone who may be using this service.

1. How are married couples processed? Do they each pay the $30 and I have to send them two different links?

2. Do you find the service helpful in screening applicants credit history?

I am looking for something other than an arbitrary recommendation.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

[Thomas Williamson]

I've used My Smart Move extensively. For married couples or multiple adults that will be renting, I get separate e-mail addresses for each adult, then send each of them links for the application. When you set the property up in My Smart Move, you can add as many e-mail addresses as you want to when you get ready to e-mail the app link out to the applicants. I make all adults submit one. That's also how I gauge how serious they are about renting the property. I have found the site to be extremely helpful in locating good tenants, and the report back even gives you a recommendation of accept or deny based on what was in the report. You may already know this as well, but you can set the site up so that the applicant has to pay for it. All you have to do is set the property up, put the applicants e-mail address in there, and hit send, that's it. Hope this helps, Good luck.

[Angie W.]

@Thomas Williamson Thanks for the info! I plan on setting it up so they pay directly and I don't have to mess with handling the funds.

I agree, it does tell you how serious they are - and if they are slow to respond it is no one's fault but their own. Plus it frees me up not having to process that part myself.

I had one married couple question it (if there was a discount for a married couple)- so I thought I'd ask. But as I told them each person is an individual with their own history regardless of your marital status. I need to know if something happens between them, that I still have a reputable person in my property.