Which breed of tenant screening sofware should I use?

[Jehan Jaleel]

Hi,

Newbie Landlord here, looking to rent my first property. Can't decide which type of tenant screening software to use. I see some of them (like TurboTenant) put the ball completely in the tenant's court, the tenant pays the application fee and enters all the information into the software, the software will just send me the report, but I don't see the tenant's SS#. Other software like RentPrep put the ball in my court, I have to pay the application fee and enter all the tenant's info (so I give the tenant a paper application to fill out and enter that info to the software). One thing I like about this is I have the tenant SS# (would I ever need this later, for an eviction maybe?).

Just wondering which breed you prefer? 

I also recently read some good thing on this site about Cozy, which of these two types is that?

Thanks.