Tenant Screening Guidelines

[Jason Runkel]

Hey Everyone,

My partner and I are working on our tenant screening guidelines for the property management portion of our business, renting properties in generally C+ and above neighborhoods. Some things we have included that we have seen common include:

• Makes 3 times the amount of monthly rent payment
• Has 3 or more good years of rental references
• Has no prior evictions
• Has not made excessive late payments
• Have not filed bankruptcy or been foreclosed on in the last 5 years
• Has a good credit score (any one have any specific number they don't typically go below)
• Does not have any drug, violence, theft, fraud, capital or sex offender convections
• Has no breeches of leases
• Has no history of damage to property
• Must be neat, clean, prompt and courteous 

Any one have any others they would add to the list? If so which and why?

Thanks in advance!