We didn't compromise on our screening and we had our share of "posers" and bad fits that we rejected, leading (ironically) to short term vacancy issues.

The rent on my place was $1750/month, so having time to screen tenants + a short vacancy is way more important to me than a couple hundred dollars.

It was the easiest tenant screening system I have ever used, I highly recommend this to all of the LLs out there.

So screen EVERY occupant over the age of 18.

They told me a bunch of useless stuff (there's a hole in the screen, complete with picture) and missed important stuff (cast iron sewer line is cracked.)

Without a third management entity, I would conceptually have to duplicate everything... for instance, two accounts with my tenant screening service, two Home Depot credit cards, which entity pays for a major tool purchase that will be used on both companies?

No matter how carefully you screen tenants, they might still wreck your place or cause you a lengthy or expensive eviction.

Our theory is, if we continue to buy in beautiful association communities, and continue to screen our tenants and get strong deposits, we should continue to have the tenant history that we have had, which is phenominal.

By definition the records are not in one database as the courts are generally organized along county or state lines.Have you googled for tenant screening services?

4) How do I screen DST's?