I'm new in this business, and as part of the screening process I know I have to get the tenant's background check.

Make sure to screen the tenants though.  

Remind him he is jointly responsible for the lease until it ends or they find someone else who meets your screening criteria to take his place.

My best way of renting out furnished houses is giving my potential renters a sales pitch when they come in for a pre-employment drug screen. 

Granted not 30 text messages in row everyday but as I had stated, these were contacts that I had not communicated with in probably over 6 months and needed to get up to speed with all of them on something at the same time.I can't tag him here but Filipe Pereira started a thread yesterday about how he screened 300+ tenants with  zero phone calls for free using a combo of Google Voice text and Google Forms and email as a Property Manager.

Every time the TV chef broke out the lobster or the steaks, Ma would start to snicker.

This experience did teach me a lesson that I don't want to deal with tenants, or, at least after listening to Bigger Pockets...........purchase properties and properly screen tenants ahead of time.Anyhow................Hi Everyone!

Credit, criminal check, employment verification, landlord reference, personal reference, as well as a 'gut check' when taking with them all are important when you're screening.

I would assume that during every commercial break on TV there would be an ad from an Insurance company telling people to stay calm and they would be taken care of.  

The most important aspect of management in my opinion is tenant screening.