Tenant Application screening process questions

[Steven Sestir]

Hello everybody, I am going to write up a tenant application to screen good tenants I know in the application that I need their credit score, credit check, background check, but I feel like I am missing something else. In your tenant application what does most people check for during this process? Is there a standard credit score that a tenant needs to have? Is there a standard application online? Also, how would you go about having your tenants use cozy for this process for checking credit score and background check? I am sorry to bobared you guys with so many questions but I feel I need a little help here please.

Thank you

[Chris London]

Steve, Cozy that you mention above offers an application and can take care of the credit and background check that you want. On the site, it gives landlords instructions on how to use these features with potential applicants. There is not a standard credit score and while I personally use 650 as a minimum and 3x's gross income to rent, I know some that go lower if they manage lower income properties and others with different opinions. If you search some of these forums you can find why different people like and use different criteria. Good luck with the process after you do the 1st one it only gets easier.