I bet his answer is identical today.

One fundamental thing you must do before anything else is to positively establish the identity of your applicant.

As with all online searches in the era of Cell Phones the Phone #'s may be out of date.I and a colleague ran a test of several entry level skip traces sites such as BeenVerified, Intellius (I use this one), Speakeo, usa-people-search, etc and found them to be almost identical. 

Here's a way to combat potentially bad tenants: do a rental history verification for the previous 5 years, and don't rent to anyone with an eviction.

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

You will get more for your money in those states compared to CA, & AZ.  2-4 units are priced much lower in those markets with identical rents in most counties.If you want to buy along borders that are being gentrified it would offer better price points and ROI. 

Happy Thursday BP Enthusiasts.Thank you to all respondents.Some respondents seem to key on direct tenant contact ie eviction re my “Landlord friendly” inquiry.To me a Landlord Friendly environment looks more like a market that allows me as  landlord to accept the best qualified tenant based on the interview, credit check, rental reference check, employment reference check, and income verification.  

You also lose a little be of brand Identity and credibility if you jump from place to place. 

Because identity theft is a real threat to most savvy rental applicants, you can wind up limiting the number of potential tenants willing to apply to your property.

They both have similar housing stock and an almost identical tenant base.