How to screen tenants coming from outside the United States?

[Peter Fokas]

One prospective tenant contacted me from the UK inquiring about my rental in NJ. How do I screen someone that is outside of the U.S.?

[Stephen Nicholson]

@Jeff Rabinowitz

What from the original post makes you think its a scam? As someone who immigrated to the US myself from the UK I know how difficult it can be to find housing etc without US credit history etc. Its even harder when people assume you are a scammer because you are foreign born.

@Peter Fokas The one thing going for you in this situation is that you speak the same language meaning you can check/call references etc. Also find out why they are coming to the US. Is it a company transfer? If so you could contact their company for a reference also.