Hey Joe, I am a realtor and property manager in West Virginia (Bridgeport, Fairmont, and Morgantown area) We use an animal screening service called petcreening ( I will add a link to their page below.

in 2021 but Looks like they existed since 1906 as CIVIS.I know they partnered with transunion for screening. have you used this service and does it give a decent report?  

Finally- you can eliminate 95% of the troubles and risk by simply having professional and legal screening and management processes, so don't sleep on that piece. 

You have to know how to screen tenants well, know the landlord tenant code thoroughly, know how to send proper notices, when you can charge late fees, what to do if a tenant doesn't pay etc.I can't tell you how many owners have come to us over the years who thought they could manage on their own and got all the way to court, only to find they didn't follow proper protocol with notices or the late letter etc and have the case thrown out and have to start again.Also, are you local to do inspections? 

The way we screen tenants tells us all we need to know 99% of the time. 

Over a year $200 on a $35-40K gross is nothing, yet over and over LLs want to "set a cap" vs screening for good guests/tenants instead. 

And screen tenants? 

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How would you handle tenant screening?

How will you advertise, show, and screen applications?