I am screening tenants for my first rental property and have an application form created (all the typical questions) and was planning to use Smartmove for a credit & background check. A prospective tenant emailed ...

I am screening tenants first time for my rental property in California. What kind of documents can I legally request the applicants? Is it illegal to ask them to provide bank statements, w2s and tax returns? Appreciat...

I am considering changing my application acceptance policy from first come, first served, to choosing the most qualified applicant and wanted some thoughts on this.1.  How long do you accept applications for?  Do you ...

I have 5 showings this weekend for prospective tenants for a condo I own.  I used Zillow Rental Manager to list it.  Seems pretty easy to use.  But I am reading mixed reviews on Zillow's background check.  What is bes...

We have been rented out without really doing any professional background checks until I read Brandon's book and understood how important it is to background check a tenant professionally. Problems arose when the new t...

So i got an email from a prospective tenant last night and when i googled his name the only one that pops up in the state of IL, which is where his phone number is from, is a man who was just charged with a felony las...

I cannot find anything about this.  I signed up for SmartMove and am about to take a few applications for one of my properties.  However, I cannot find what all is EXACTLY included in the output when a tenant fills ou...

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I'm thinking about renting a duplex to section 8 tenants. To protect myself, I'm thinking about insisting on running a criminal background check on every person who will be living in the...

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I'm looking to fill a vacancy and would love to use an online platform like cozy or mysmartmove for applications and screening.  However, with the new laws passed in NY limiting application fees to $20 and...

So I'm researching cozy.co to maybe use it for a couple of SFR's and was looking for some feedback from users. I was leaning towards using a "Mike Butler" type system with the paper application and all. I like his tho...