Good quality prospective tenants are hard to come by especially if you are not relying upon a solid tenant screening process that includes having the ability to obtain nationwide and comprehensive data on every single rental applicant. This data should cover all relevant criminal and civil records to be sure that your applicant is an outstanding citizen without a criminal history as well as verification that your applicant has an established history that shows he or she is reliable at paying their monthly expenditures without a record of delinquencies.
HOW TO PICK GOOD TENANTS? This is perhaps one of the most important questions that every successful landlord should be able to answer. While it is true that an entire book could be written on this topic, here is a summary of the key things that all landlords and property managers must be aware of…
Unfortunately, there happens to be millions of landlords who simply don’t do tenant background screening. Some are just unaware of how to effectively conduct tenant screening, and others who just don’t believe that it will have any positive impact on the kind of quality tenants that they will approve. Don’t Ever Rely Upon the Representations…
Tenant Background Screening: How to Use Our Background Checks Landlords simply cannot blindly rely upon the words of their rental applicants. Track records must be personally verified. It is estimated that 80-90% of the landlords do not conduct adequate tenant background screening. For this reason, it should not come as any surprise that the court system…