Good prospective tenant.... Until I saw there Facebook page

[Paul W.]

In general, I'm looking for advice for landlords who screen there own tenants. Some landlords are very thorough and do criminal history, in depth credit checks etc.. Etc... When you have an A property you want to invest a little time figuring out what kind of people you are putting into your investment. Open source checks are simple. What I mean by open source is looking for people on county public access site for civil/criminal records, social media websites and Google searches. Now have you ever found something that scares you about a perspective tenant about a lifestyle they live, use your imagination. Now with the fair housing act and all that how do you screen someone who is completely different than on there tenant application ? Open for discussion.....

[Michaela G.]

I've had this sister come by and check out one of my rentals for her little brother. She came back with her brother and she did all the talking. He filled out application. 

I looked on Facebook and saw all of his entries with his homies, with drugs and guns etc. I'm glad I checked. 

And, no, I didn't rent to him :-)