I bought a short sale multifamily building last winter and have been taking care of the deferred maintenance and increasing the occupancy with new tenants appropriately screened by my property manager.

When people call from one of my postcards I instantly know two things, they have equity (because I targeted people with equity) and they think they are motivated to sell (how motivated is yet to be determined).You are going to end up talking to prospects on the phone one way or the other but I prefer to be talk to someone who has been pre-screened (responders of my postcard).

Sit down with a cup of coffee, no TV, no kids in room.

Personally I wouldn't want to live next door to my tenants in a duplex, let alone watch TV with them.

And I think someone is insane to provide a street address on an online site, without some kind of interactive screening to ensure they are at least somewhat qualified.

It was his idea, and I tried to talk him out of it because filling out the long form is part of the screening process.

yes, i will do that-but i'm afriad i may lose a good tenat for this reason.it's a couple with good jobs and took me months of screening to find them. it is a small pool , a kiddie one.does anyone know of someone actually getting sued for this reason?

We screened Propertyware, Appfolio and one other vendor and chose PW and have never looked back.  

@Jare' PeoplesType in "direct mail" or "marketing" or "finding leads" in the search bar at the top right hand corner of your screen and you will find more information than you can read! 

Did you screen the proposed roommate as you would any new tenant?