@Bob Hucker I use Cozy, which is a soft inquiry.

I am not too familiar with it, but have you looked into Cozy?

Cozy is meant to be a set it and forget it system.

@Evan Ventura we use Cozy.

You can set up a Cozy account and get them paying online or set up an ACH through your bank.

These are usually confined to snowy northern states where moving in January is somewhat problematic and can be dangerous.   

It seems that most tenant screening sites include criminal background checks by default, with no way to omit them.Ideally I'd like to find a slick, integrated screening/management system a la RentRedi, Cozy, Buildium, etc that gives me the option to edit the application questions and omit the criminal background portion of the screening process. 

There are a ton of companies doing rent collection like cozy, avail, rentredi, etc.Then you have more of the property management apps like app folio, buildium, or Hemlane. 

Everything else by comparison is completely inferior.So what many people do, they cozy up to an investor friendly real estate agent.

It may become more difficult to work within the framework of current and future regulation, but as long as your ethical and prepared to work within the confines of the law, there will still be a place for investors and short sales in the coming years.The consiperacy theorists are all abound about John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and the Shadow Inventory.