You must screen the government agency as thoroughly as you do the tenant.

What they are really saying is that if you have a policy of rejecting all applicants with criminal records and a applicant has a record you need to have a screening policy in place in which you can use something else to reject them.

She said that there could be multiple months prepaid up front for security, and that she has an "excellent rental and work history" on which I presume she is comfortable sharing details.I would screen any guarantor the same way I would screen someone living in the unit, and I am thinking about a 6-month lease term with some level of prepayment, but not full prepayment to make eviction easier if things went bad.What do you think? 

During screening interviews make it crystal clear that as a professional landlord you do not tolerate late payments for any reasons.

Handles all of the basics (screening, payment, maintenance, etc.). 

Start getting the curb appeal way up so people start talking about that cute (or clean, or sharp) place.Screen, screen, screen your tenants, require income to be 3x or 4x rent.  

They make screens you can put over or in the drain to catch stuff. 

If you are a busy person suggest you hire a realtor to help you choose and screen applicants. 

so far so good I have 2 duplex 1 is fully occupied both tenants have paid for May and are up to date my second is empty going through the screening process I don't feel that the covid 19 has affected me I'm just very strict in my process. by the way I'm in Albany NY

., I have a friend that essentially monitors is small team of employees on the screen, I think for many hours of the day.