Hell he couldn't even get on talk radio, much less a television screen.

If there's no bad blood between you, call your mentor and find that investor friendly title company.

We thoroughly screen all tenants including doing a criminal background check.

In general..you will learn marketing/advertising(both online and offline), lead generation stratagies, pre-screening, acquisition strategies, exit strategies and negotiation gambits for buying, selling and holding.

I just ran into a situation when I was screening a tenant.

You should screen all PA's.

Smaller ones will often just give it out over the phone, especially if you ask "I need to verify info provided by an applicant" rather than if you ask "Can you tell me how much so-and-so makes".You might want to check out this thread:  Ultimate tenant screening guide.  

A credit score may not reflect that.If you are not an experienced landlord, I suggest you read lots of info on advertising for and methods of screening tenants.

To protect yourself, screen well.  

The algorithm we (and/or I, personally) use implements a multiplicative attribute screening function that eliminates borrowers and/or deals that haven't thought out or flushed out the details of their project.