I ran the numbers with the calculator found on the BP website, and I estimate the repairs to be 35k, closing costs 3k, holding costs 4.5k (3 months) and agent fee 9.5k.

Their website is a bit unclear to me.

Does anyone like one specific screening website or methodology for weeding out good residents versus so-so ones?

I did a quick search and found some useful info at the BB website.

Search your county "parcel search", should be on your county's assessor's office website

If you have any other questions you need answered quickly go to the TAS website. 

I’ve tried using the cook county assessor website and I needed the property pin # to access the actual owner.

For that matter, what does the owner information tell you anyway as far as any type of strategy is concerned.Is your tool grabbing tax data from county websites and auto populating?

In your area, you might consider https://emeraldcoastbyowner.com - a number of hosts that I'm in touch with report good results.I'm further south (Tampa Bay) and also list on https://www.floridarentalbyowners.com/ and https://www.floridarentals.com - have had some inquiries but no bookings yet.I'd also recommend getting your own web site set up so you can accept direct bookings, particularly from repeat guests - we've been doing this for a few years now and our repeat bookings continue to grow year over year, and having a direct-booking option has worked well for us.If you're not interested in setting up your own web site and booking back-end, maybe take a look at https://www.houfy.com/ set up a listing and refer your repeat guests to your Houfy listing.

Have no website?