Just has applicants that seemed like a good fit on the surface.  No public eviction records, decent income, etc.  However, something seemed fishy on the landlord reference.  She was a woman who was on both of their Fa...

hi,
in an effort to improve my telephone screening skills and save travel expenses to see the tenant face to face, i would like to screen people on the phone better. more specifically, these three questions:

1) what...

I have a recent applicant who is relocating to my local area for work. She does pass the qualifications for the most part but I see a few red flags. For one, she told me she doesn't have past landlords to use a refere...

What's the best process for taking apps and screening applicants? This is the first time I'm filling a vacancy. I am doing some showings of the unit to several prospective applicants, but think I may have put the car...

I am in the process of going through the tenant application/screening process for the first time. Currently I'm writing up some selection criteria and came across a question on income requirements. I went with the sta...

I have an applicant who's going through a rental screening process A.T.M. His girlfriend, in her early 20s, does not have SSN nor does she have an ITIN and she's unemployed so she cannot get screened. The guy is meeti...

Hi all! I'm new to this landlord thing and wanted to know how to handle my situation. I currently advertise my rental property across several platforms, however, I currently have a couple who is undergoing the homeown...

Hi all,I was thinking today that it might be handy to have a lock box I could leave on site (locked onto a porch post or secured somehow) when I am showing an apartment for those that aren't able to scan and e mail ap...

so I took an application from a prospective tenant yesterday. She put down her current address and landlord along with the landlord's phone number. When I called the landlord to ask some questions she was extremely p...

A prospective tenant showed up today and their  monthly household income is 1.9x rent and have additional incomes social security, job disability income etc ,income with this additionals comes close to 3x (little less...