Buyers expect premium finishes, so skimping on quality can hurt resale potential.

Full disclosure, I only deal in LTR at the moment, but I know when I am not getting the quality applicants or volume that I want, I will lower the price by $50 to $100 per week to spur more applications. 

Years ago it was finding quality tenants.

Quality over quantity for me. 

Any rational landlord will double or triple their screening efforts because nobody wants to accidentally put a deadbeat in their property. 

A few things that newer investors should note:- it took 13 years to get there, you have to be patient- rents are high at about $1,750, so probably a quality neighborhood- looks like that is after vacancies, probably low turnover?

Get them out and start with leases and only rent to people that you have screened. 

You screen applicants because you don't know them!

We can only do the best we can trying to beat the fraudsters by leveraging tools.Regarding fake SSN the screening services picks up on mismatches.

Could be a business decision based on keeping long-term high quality tenants rather than risk the costs on turnover.