I asked him to use a tenant screening tool i saw online that . he told me that he only does a credit check and if i wanted to use the screening tool online, i could do it myself (with approval from the applicant). question is : if i have a RE agent, is it his responsibility to do the credit check or can i do it  or both are ok to do this ?

@Brian Ellison I haven't done this myself, but I found these articles online.

Here is a resource you could check out (I'm not affiliated with them, just came across it online). https://www.patriotslawgroup.c...Hope that helps.

Generally there is a reason that some of these companies offer such low rates, and that goes for the online lenders as well. 

(Preferably online!) 

At lease we see a lot of additional appartment units come online every year, MF new construction has been booming for years and outpacing SF by a wide margin.

@Sian CromerQuickbooks(Desktop or online), Stessa, Xero and Freshbooks are what I see clients using the most.You will see a big push for Quickbooks online but the pricing can be much less if you are using quickbooks desktop.Quickbooks desktop can be purchased for around $200 as a one time cost.

Aren't they an online lender? 

Is there a way I can do this online?

I am surprised that so much is still just online only.