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Rick M. Open House, Takes application, Never heard from again
18 April 2018 | 5 replies

I had an open house a few weeks ago, with a lot of activity through the door. Everyone took an application, one woman while outside, I overheard her say to her friend “this is the place for me”. So today I texted ever...

Bryan Henry Tenant Screening Resources
19 March 2018 | 8 replies

Hey Everyone!I wanted to start a discussion and get feedback from the Bigger Pockets community on what everyone is using for Tenant Screening.  I know there are some Property Management Software out there that have th...

JC Hoffman What is Best Advertising/Leasing Software to Compliment QBO?
15 September 2020 | 3 replies

I am a landlord with 54 units, a few years ago I successfully integrated QBO into my operation and it has really streamlined invoicing and collecting rents as well as filing taxes, issuing 1099's etc.  I am looking fo...

Joel A. Anyone use RocketLease for taking applications and screening tenants?
9 February 2015 | 3 replies

Found this site on the internet and it seems to be a one stop shop to actually take the rental applications, run credit/background and eviction as well as notify the application if they were rejected or denied. T...

Jeffrey Vlk What should be my process?
23 October 2017 | 2 replies

I am new to being a landlord and I had a military member just contact me about viewing my property and he has to go back to Japan tomorrow because he is on house hunting leave. He said if he likes the property he will...

Tim Johnson Background Checks
13 September 2016 | 6 replies

Hi BP!  I'm looking for a better option for back ground checks.  We currently use Buildium and use their $15 tenant screening.  We enter the information, the tenant gets an email, approves the application, and then we...

Travis Steinemann WARNING: DO NOT TRUST ZILLOW BACKGROUND CHECKS
14 March 2024 | 23 replies

Hello all, I was going to review Zillow on Google, but I guess they are too big to need reviews. I have 12 units and have been using Zillow for applications and screening, and everything was going OK until recently. I...

Sarah A. Rejecting an applicant when I don't have another one at all
24 October 2018 | 23 replies

We have a house that is harder to rent than our others. It's very clean and in good repair and priced well for our market, but it's older and has some odd features and it's not in the best area. Plus it's a slower ren...

Angie B. Pre-screening Tenants Without Talking to Them
12 April 2018 | 26 replies

I used to waste so much time answering phonecalls and scheduling and reminding prospective tenants of their appointments, etc, etc- and kept thinking there has got to be better way!

This is what I'm current...

Stephen Bruce First time Tenant Screener
15 August 2022 | 7 replies

I am a looking for advice on how to screen tenants for a property my wife and I still live at. We are moving to new house and will be renting the current one. Is it a bad idea to have people over to my home while I am...