Upon inspection right before move out, I noticed the screens were messed up.

My best advice is to screen potential tenants carefully.

Contractor did not properly screen the tenants.After two months of the moving in, he gets a phone call from their previous landlord, who apparently proactively tracked down his contact information down to inform him that the four guys were bad news.

I have been using the BP tenant screening recently, and I'm very happy with it.

Although we did get more rent for the properties, we still lost at least a month of rent each time screening applicants and doing light cleanup/touchup to the units.

If you screen you tenants carefully, you won't have as many evictions or much property damage.

Here's a screen shot of my spreadsheet.

There is no way that these people meet all these requirements and tips on how to screen out the unqualified people?

We signed up with a company that includes: tenant screening (criminal check and credit check) online application process, and marketing, for a very nominal fee.

Collect their application fees and screen them against your written criteria.