Renting to Dental School Students

[Wendy Jiang]

Hi all, I have recently received multiple applications for my property. All applications are from students! One group really stands out. They are going to start dental school here and will likely stay for four years. However, two out of the three tenants do not have good credit scores. They shared they only briefly worked after undergraduate and then directly started dental school. They are willing to offer their parents as co-signers. I have never had co-signers before. Should I also run the credit report and background check on the co-signers? I am not sure how it works and would love to get advice. Thanks!