People talk about screening your tenants, but in my case I should screen my landlord.... the place was gorgeous, they were friendly, nice, and funny even.... and with the questions they asked, I thought they were just....screening me, so I just answered and prove to them I'm a trust worthy person.... little did I know, that was the sign for me to not sign the contract because they're so uptight. 

If they dont pass our criteria then we dont rent to them.Thats not outside of anything thats legal and is a very fair way to screen all of your tenants.

Sometimes the background data is delivered to Cozy (and other screening companies) automatically, and other times, a real person has to search through physical file cabinets to find and report on the results.

Many of the reasons why landlords in our area are irresponsible for renting to anyone on government assistance.As like Bjorn I have no problem eliminating all welfare applicants through my normal screening standards.

Time to put some type of screen/grate on it.

I'd like to keep using Cozy for screening, but this issue keeps coming up.It's a major problem for Cozy, because this is one of the main ways they make money.Does anyone know a workaround?

There's no need to wait 90 days and then switch things up.If you screen your tenants properly, a month-to-month trial period would be unnecessary.

Too many times a lot of guys don't want to get estimates on a ton of properties that are not under contract  and it tends to take up a lot of unnecessary time.

Second, they can make unnecessary repairs just to cut their rent down.

Do not include commissions or service industry "tips" as income since they are neither consistant or guaranteed.In screening for income you are looking to insure they can pay and in the event they stop paying you can collect in court.