As a landlord, you should only want the best candidates to become your tenants. Great applicants become great tenants who pay rent on time, renew their leases, and become reliable members of your ...

Always collect and review rental applications, looking for red flags in housing history, job stability, and occupancy plans. Run thorough tenant screening reports, including credit checks, criminal ...

Renting out your home can bring in some extra cash, but doing so places you into the role of landlord. Aside from legal obligations to consider beforehand, having a proper vetting process will help ...

When I talk to new and seasoned landlords alike, one of the topics we invariably land on is the importance of tenant screening. In fact, in full disclosure, I now operate a company that provides free ...

If you’ve ever applied to rent a home or apartment, you may have a tenant score. Tenant scores are different from your credit score. Tenant screening companies plug your personal details into secret ...

Landlords and tenants often accept the tenant screening process as a formality. But there’s a hidden set of processes that work behind the scenes to create the neatly formatted PDFs landlords rely on ...

On February 28, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public comment on background screening ...