Tenant Screening

[Chukwudi Motanya]

Hey all,

About to hire a property manager for my first property, and even though I will be working with them to find a tenant for the house, I want to know in general what criteria you guys use to screen for potential tenants? What should  be on the lookout for?

Thanks for all your help so far, still very excited about this house.

[Kimberly H.]

Once they meet the basic criteria, a demonstrated history of not being a rule breaker. I look them up in the online county lawsuit databases. If they are fighting with everyone, getting sued and suing people, getting pulled over multiple times for DUIs, not having insurance, etc., I seriously doubt they are going to get my written approval to modify the residence or honor my pet or smoking policy. And not someone who starts fighting with me when I go through our screening policy and why it shouldn't apply to them, no one combative.