Landlord Basic Questions

[Syed Shah]

Embarking on an adventurous journey of being a landlord and have some basic questions after listing on Zillow and went through this: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

1- On Zillow, if people inquire and we have a screening criteria in the listing, should I reply to each of them or just ask if they meet all the screening criteria and then schedule a tour? One person stated, since they don't meet criteria:

I see my credit score came in below your minimum requirement

2- If they fulfill screening criteria, schedule a tour and then handout Rental Application, if they are interested and after their consent, use https://rentprep.com/ or https://www.myrental.com/ for tenant screening.

3-If everything checks out and all good, ask for security deposit, use a lease agreement(addendum) along with RentPrep Move-In-Move-Out-Checklist and lots of property pictures and handover the keys.

Is there any other key step or detail which I have been missing? Truly appreciate all the help and advice. Thank you