The prospective tenant says his credit is not good due to a divorce and would like to show it to me using credit karma rather then me doing a hard inquiry.. he also asked instead of doing 1st last and security to just doing 1st and last.

It's a problem we're actively trying to solve.My team saw your inquiry about our product. 

I usually send them a message after their inquiry or request (before accepting them) telling them of the checkin and checkout times and asking if they are good with them.

Thought I'd mix it up a little and just throw an inquiry out there to see where people who are in the Austin area choose to invest that's NOT in Austin.

Therefore you do get a hard inquiry.

My inquiry had more to do with how to analyze the worthiness of a lot to build on rather than what can be built. 

We have been going back and forth about it for two days, meanwhile I’ve been ignoring other inquiries because I’m slammed with other houses and we’re moving.

They aren't going to say, "well, the neighborhood is going to crap and I'm tired of the vacancies"...instead, "long time owner wants to retire", "need more space", "job transfer", etc.Get a conversation going first on price (via an offer), then work in these inquiries.

It creates a sense of urgency for the prospective tenants to make a decision when they are walking through the house with other people and saves me time.As I get inquiries I just schedule them all a couple of days from the first inquiry to build up a group.I have had people standing in line to fill out an application. 

I am also curious about this as I have an inquiry for one of our rentals.