All Forum Posts by: Ariel O.

Rentler seems to be one of many companies built on top of the experian API, which allows them to develop competitors to mySmartMove.

@Michael Meeks

Sure. My footprint is significantly wider, but I basically did a multi sequence drop to companies that met my criteria.

I'm sure your next questions will be, where did I get my data and how come so many people responded?

So, I have a background in data acquisition and direct marketing. Putting the 2 together can be a very good combination :-)

@Kevin C.

I like talking to people too.. Except I did a drop in February with a 24% response rate and it basically had my phone ringing non stop, with 30 minute calls to qualify the leads (this was in the mobile home park space, I have specific criteria that a lot don't meet). So my next drop I am testing it with LiveAnswer.com.. Too much volume for one guy to handle, not worth it to have a full time employee.

@Kevin C.

What do you use for a CRM? Are you going to get a call center?
I use HighRise from 37 Signals and am testing a bunch of answering services I Found online.

@Account Closed

What article is this from, you didn't link it?

In any event, if you go and look at the American Community Survey published by the US Census, it will very clearly break down for you who gets evicted by income range, family status, race, etc. You can't use this data for FHA reasons obviously, but let's just say a cursory study will show you that most evictions are not happening in middle class households.

@James Wise

Thanks a ton. I was sort of shocked to see this popped up, thanks for the kind words.

We've set out to make compliant tenant screening for property managers and multifamily owners dead simple and super accurate. I'm glad to see we're going in the right direction!

If you're a BP member and sign up for a trial, make sure to let me know so I can apply the BP Discount.

Thanks again!

@Kevin Coleman

There are a few [ourselves included] that do it, but none that I know work with one off landlords.

@David Moore

These are all 4 people applying to rent together?

If the Dr and Credit Score guy are so hot on this girl, let them co-guarantee. Specifically the rich father.

@Joseph Sherer

Go into Facebook. Open an advertising account.

For your audience select ages:

18-25

Studies at -> either select the schools you want or leave blank

education: some college, high school (don't want to market to high school drop outs)

promote a post to this audience. I think you should get some decent results.

 Weight would be at the discretion of the landlord, I think.

From a screening perspective, it's fine. There are nuances if you get it directly or through a company, but overall not an issue to use it adversely against the tenant, as long as you stay within FHA.