Conventional, Hard Money, and Portfolio/Commercial lending are the 3 main methods.Conventional lending is going to be mainly the "buy-and-hold" type of customer.  

If they have, chances are you are wasting your money.5) If you use a call center or an answering service, try calling the number you are sending out to see what your prospective seller is hearing.

Having the confidence to walk away knowing you can't make a deal with an unmotivated seller will help you make better and quicker decisions later, allowing you to focus on those prospects that will result in checks.

That's the problem I am running in to most give you the common answers because they don't understand or want to understand the service member exemptions because we are a very large pool of their customers.

A collection agency, PI, or a company looking to perform due diligence on its customers would have permissible purpose.  

I preach customer service and doing the right thing, that's all great to talk about because it costs you nothing, but here I am needing to put my money where my mouth is.

I have found 2 so far just by passively driving to customers houses.

@Carlos AppezattoThe example of what to ask a prospective caller I gave was just a blanket example, you need to set your own criteria but the basic of pre screening applicants is " you just gave them the minimum" that you would even consider meeting with them to show the unit.The other posters have given good tips and I think one thing you could do is have someone "Shop" your realtor.. act like a prospective tenant to call or contact, and see how long it takes for a reply, how enthusiastic the person is to meet and show the unit.. and how quickly they can get an appointment.In the rental business we were shopped occasionally even by our own property owners, so we were prompt with calls, gave fair and equal treatment to applicants, and were good sellers of our units for the owners.. in fact their are businesses out there that hire people to shop apartments just for this purpose.

A real estate broker within the meaning of this part is a person who, for a compensation or in expectation of a compensation, regardless of the form or time of payment, does or negotiates to do one or more of the following acts for another or others:(a) Sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, solicits prospective sellers or puchasers of, solicits or obtains listings of, or negotiates the purchase, sale or exchange of real property or a business opportunity.

So, if a prospective tenant asks you if you accept section 8, you can not say " No, I do not!"