As far as screening tenants, keep in mind that a new law goes into effect this month that limits background checks in Cook County / Chicago.

Let me get this out of the way, the title was just to pull you in with those angry thumbs ready to roast the screen.

Ex: hardwired/interconnected smokes, window screens and blinds, exterior paint, etc- ARV - your ARV of $110 seems pretty accurate to me, but definitely a good idea to connect at the meetup with others that have had appraisals done and see what their appraisals are coming back in at.Good luck and hope to see you this week at the meetup!

It covers all the features I need including listings, screening, rent collection, maintenance requests, chatting with tenants, storing docs/photos, accounting reports, etc.

We're going through our first tenant screening with this law in place currently.

Start pre-screening and I recommend doing it via email.

Im sure someone will come on here and try to defend it, but as Krugman insinuates, anyone who does does not even lack a year 1 college education in basic economics.Krugman tends to be a "broken clock is right twice a day" type of economist.

Never knew if your truck would be broken in to or if they would steal your tools on the job site so you had to take your tools home every night.

With proper screening you can find some great folks and government money is key especially during uncertain times. - Mike 

I'd also highly recommend screening the tenants credit, criminal, and eviction history.