Not a solution, but going forward...Have all adult tenant prospects fill out applications which require their social security number, driver's license number, their birth date, their current address and their prior address.

This is why I never fill a vacancy until the unit is vacant because often times tenants have last minute changes in their plans and an average tenant may not have the ability to make alternate accommodations.If you are using the PA lease provided to realtors, check out paragraph 21 about holdover tenants.

There’s definitely a strategy for designing your property to fill your calendar and attract dream guests.

After the tenant fills this out, do I send this to any background screening company?

If you look at the bios of these companies, they have dozens of people filling unnecessary jobs and titles; it's hilarious.

All around Jackson, Conway and North Conway you can find some great SFR's, Townhomes, and smaller cottages that get a lot of traffic 365.You have 5 main Mountains to Ski/Snowboard/Tube plus lodges all in that area as well as a great off the beaten path town filled with coffee shops, Bars, Restaurants, Ski shops, Outlets, Mall, and a  Main train station that goes all the way up into the White Mountains. 

Give them a form to fill out if they want to make payments, so there's a clear schedule of how much they need to pay each time and a deadline for when it should be paid in full.

Then, on your taxes, make sure that Schedule E is filled out for the room/unit that you rented.

I listed my property months ago and get no bites the minute I suggest they fill out an application considering it would be a 30+ day contract?

Once that project is complete they will fill quickly.