Do companies allow landlords to have a more hands on approach (In the interest of saving the landlord money) by letting the LL manage simpler tasks  (collecting rent, managing repairs) while the Company manages more complex tasks  (tenant screening, evictions, handling other legal stuff )?

When screening a potential tenant are you allowed to tell them what their past landlords said about them?

And I love walking up to a physical object that I just bought to make me money (compared to other investments that are just numbers on a screen or sheet of paper)!

When I originally rented the house to the students, the only screening that I did was check their Visas because I needed the rental income immediately. 

I think that we have to screen our tenants better here, but at the same time we have many more tenants available to us and we tend to fill units quickly even in down markets.

B" to me is an area that has more rentals in the neighborhood less pried in the area, I still get lots of applicants but I have to screen more."

I typically use smartmove for screening but it comes with a $35 fee (that I have the tenants pay and then credit towards the first month rent if everything checks out) and I feel bad asking several people to pay the fee knowing that some of them won't get the house.

I should also point out that there is a $50 application fee for a credit/background check, and that does more to screen the "not serious" tenant more than anything else.  

I screen tenants myself, so I can meet them and their pet. 

Maybe just offer free flat screen TV in place of new roof.