What's services would recommend for screening your tenants?

When screening a tenant and you see they are working for a temp agency, does this way negatively at all in your decision to lease the property to them?

Educating landlords on best tenant screening practices and tenant screening red flags is by far and away the best insurance they could ever get.  

By the way I am selective as possible with tenant screening and try to provide a good quality product for my tenants.

Scroll your mouse over the "Marketplace" tab at the top of the screen then click on "Hard Money Lenders".

I am amazed that so many beginners gravitate toward flipping, This is some of the most involved enterprise in all of RE.1.Understand your marketplace correctly, which leads to2.Estimate retail price correctly3.Price the repairs correctly, which leads to4.Make the right offer5.Have GOOD contractors, which is hard for a newbie without a track record, which leads to6.Remodel correctly – know what to do and what not to do7.Structure financing correctly8.Structure the selling process correctly9.Buy, so that you have 3 exit strategiesAnd then there is more…You mess up anything on this list, and you will pay with blood, sweat, tears, money, and debt.

Just for record keeping, I ask all tenants to send me a letter, email or text if they are going to be late, a reason why and when they are going to pay.I would take a screenshot of your phone screen if you can and keep it for your records.Like all the other people said, have some leway espically if they have paid on time.

I've done a few searches on BP.com and the advice appears to be invest in QuickBooks or using online bookkeeping services.Since I've only got one property, I'm still looking to create a spreadsheet or just to look at a few screen shots of an excel spreadsheet so I can create my own.Anyone have any help?

Part of it is luck part of it is screening the heck out of them.

It's been a hard slog renovating.I bought most of the materials off craigslist and offerup or materials on clearance sale at the big name stores.Brand new bathtubs- freeFound them in another building I ownBrand new modern vanities- $65Marked down from $400 at Home DepotKitchens with granite bench tops- $1000 eachPurchased from CraigslistShower screens, toilets, faucets, front doors, new windows and various other bits and pieces were bought for $20-$40 on Craigslist and offerup.The total rehab cost for installing central AC, 2 new bathrooms and 2 new kitchens, washer and dryer and updating plumbing and electrical is around 18K for materials and labor.Each side is rented for $1400 per month, total $2800.