Social Media Content as a Tenant Background Screening Tool

[Rogelio M.]

There is plenty of material published regarding background searches on SS#s, criminal and sex offender history, judgments and liens, prior evictions, etc ...

But ... what if there were an additional tool?! ... long story short, in my area of employment, wherein background searches are frequently performed, social media content is searched on persons of interest. My experience shows that which is published by an individual on social media can be very revealing. Specialized software is available to perform these searches.

Have any landlords within BiggerPockets used social media content as a tool to screen tenants? ... If so, has any 'screening value' been derived from using social media to this end?

I would welcome a discussion / feedback on this topic.