Just running through my tenant screening questions works for us. 

Some said they don't talk to the owner about approving a tenant, some said they do, some said they're ok with either option.For our AZ PM, he doesn't have a hard set of screening criteria, he leaves it up to each owner. 

Be very careful in your screening process with a partner. 

I have pre-screened questions to ask him when I contact him back but I don't know what to do next when I go to meet with him?

A little bit about myself for anyone interested:I'm looking to be a buy-and-hold investor while continuing my regular job - I am looking to put money to work and would be potentially interested in doing so as part of someone else's deal; I would consider both SFR and MFR deals.I am an investor in my day job (currently private equity / buyouts, soon to become public equities) so may have some bad habits, or at least industry-specific ones, to break; I generally anticipate being relatively analytical / systematic in looking at dealsMy family held a few properties when I was growing up - I have experience personally doing refurbishing work and secondhand experience with property management activities (this will hopefully help me as contextual information, I don't anticipate taking on an active role in refurb or property management in the near future)Right now, I am trying to educate myself on the process of deal sourcing (MLS, wholesaler buyer lists, etc.) and market data sources; in particular, I would really appreciate any input on good sources for publicly available market-level data in manipulable format such as Excel or .csv as well as input from anyone who uses a systematic deal-screening approach both on their criteria and how they get reliable / quality data into a screening-friendly formatThanks for everything people have already contributed. 

Also when you live in a 1 to 4 you can Choose your own tenants without having to worry about tenant screening laws..

It all starts with your screening process, putting the right person in your property will take care of 90% of your potential problems.

Re-sign contract, re-screen, etc.

BP has a list of tenant screening companies if you don't already have a resource.  

Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and all the cash buyers (rehabbers) you will need.Consider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.