Screen tenants and prevent fair housing violations.  

.➡️ Operating ExpensesThe IRS lets you deduct “ordinary and necessary” expenses paid to manage your Memphis rental property and run your business (i.e. advertising, pest control, repairs and improvements, tenant screening, utilities, and more.)➡️ Property Taxes and InsuranceInvestors have to pay property taxes and insurance regularly.

Is it appropriate to screen them after I take possession since their contracts expire every month?

They are missing 25-30% of their staff, and consequently, are throttling applications with a "pre-screen" process that takes 30 business days at present... that's before plan check even starts.Bottom line: not many have actually executed on this strategy yet, so if you are going for it, have realistic expectations on overall timeline.

This is a business and it takes a great deal of knowledge, massive action, and for lack of better words, blood seat and tears to make it work.  

I eventually will travel to see the properties but was wondering if there was some way to screen/filter them before flying out to visit.

We use many vendors to perform the services, like payment processors, listing services, screening services and none of them are BBB rated.  

  $35 for a screening fee is certainly reasonable:https://www.landlordology.com/ohio-landlord-tenant...Gail

as a matter of fact i pay bill a day or two early when i get paid i pay all bills immediately and im broke next day. do to past identity theft i have to or could lose money ive had debit card empty about ten times in past few years. anyway, every single year i can count it they say i owe a double payment and ive never missed keep screen shots of every one to prove it or keep m.o. reciept!

(screening, approval, etc)Thanks!