First round of tenant screening

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Ok so we are purchasing a second home and renting out the first one. We have the ads up and applicants are rolling in. We have 5 that have completed prescreening and all are coming to see the house on Saturday... (Yaaaa tomorrow) My thought on this process is: 1. Prescreening for policy(smoking,pets), income and willingness for background, criminal, eviction checks. 2. Show house 3. Complete full application and provide income verification 4. Background, criminal, eviction checks through True Rent My reason for holding off on background check is not wanting to charge people (they pay the company directly) and ding credit with hard pull if they aren't going to qualify, find another place or lose interest in the earlier stages. So on the off handed chance EVERYONE qualifies and is a reasonable choice for tenant.... What is the next step? Create a priority list based on all info, conversations, factors and call the first person and offer it up? Move to the next until someone signs the lease? Thanks for any info! Jesse