Screening criteria & credit

[Shawn Thom]

I am trying to do my own screening/renting on my next rental. I have heard a lot of people say they do not look too closely at credit, but I wanted to get some opinions from others.

Do you look closely at credit? Since most renters do NOT have great credit I was wondering if it was even worth it.

How far do you go? Ignore collections? How about a car repo? or utilities? how about cell phones?

These are for mid range homes in DFW area with ARV $70-$90k and rent $900-$1000.