The Definitive Guide To Tenant Screening | Daily Podcast
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- Tenant screening is one of the most crucial aspects of being a profitable landlord. It is easy to let a renter live in your rental unit. However, if they stop paying rent, run up huge bills, or cause damage, you will have big bills to pay-either a costly eviction, property repair, or offering a cash for keys deal.
When you get a responsible tenant, you might still have the odd problem. However, you’ll probably never have issues with collecting rent on time or property damage.
How can you ensure you rent your properties to the right type of tenant? Tenant screening is an absolute must if you want to avoid a bad tenant.
Of course, you can pay companies to find the right tenants. But it’s not a difficult task to screen tenants yourself. This gives you a much better idea of who will be living in your rental units. There are also some top-class rent collection apps that incorporate tenant screening in their features.
The article aims to guide you through the process of tenant screening.
The Tenant Application
Before the screening begins, your first step is to collect the tenant’s application form. The application form should contain enough information to get a general idea of the prospective tenant. Make sure the application contains employment history and rental history. You also need to collect financial information, such as income and expenses, to ensure they have the resources to pay rent.
You should have contact information for previous landlords and employers so that you can confirm what the tenant has stated. Finally, with regard to the application, watch out for gaps in employment or accommodation history. These could be a red flag, as they may want to keep incriminating information from you.
Now that you have a complete application, you can begin the tenant screening process.
It’s usually best to get the tenant to pay for the screening process. This gives you permission to check their credit history, any previous evictions, and criminal background. However, it’s always best to check with your state’s law on what you can and can’t check.
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1. Credit check
2. Criminal background
3. Eviction history
4. References
5. Interview
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How you find eviction history?
@@Rampartz is it good?
Easier said then done...there will be no eviction record unless landlord and tenant goes through the entire court system...mom and pops owners will not spend the time and money to go through the headache and it's expensive...even if they win, how will they collect, the tenant will not pay up.
Wow, "The Definitive Guide To Tenant Screening" is a game-changer! It's like having a secret weapon for finding the best tenants! It's all about that peace of mind, folks - know who you're inviting into your home sweet home! Thank you for dropping this golden nugget of wisdom.
pro tip: dont buy rentals in areas that won't let you use a potential tenants' criminal history as a reason for discrimination.
So many people like to think they can feel a person's intent, and try and help out a good person with a bad history etc. It's great to give people a chance if you can afford to lose the income, but if you can, focus on the hard facts and less on the personality because that will let you down a lot less in the long run.
ya. and I have seen that and a bad apple is a bad apple forever. never seen a poor case ever change with a chance. sorry but that is just my experience, once a looser pretty much always a looser
Years ago my husband bought an apartment building with existing tenants in a city which was heavily pro tenant rights. All the tenants were horrible with only one exception. "Rent strikes", delibetate vandalization of the apartment, major water damage incurred during wild party while on drugs and physical assault by tenant. Add to that problems with exterior vandalization of property while neighborhood going downhill. Meanwhile there was little he could do legally. The day he sold the building was the happiest day of his life.
best video thus far ! love it
You mentioned apps for collecting payment and screening but didn’t give any names 🙂
I'm curious as well
Google it
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Does the law require telling the tenant the reason for rejection?
Yes. In WA state we have to send an adverse action notice that states why they were denied if denied. They are also rightfully entitled to a copy of the report we pulled.
Another day to hustle
What about could be tenants screening a potential landlord. Would be good to know if the landlord is not a slum or scum landlord before making a commitment to rent from that person. It go both ways, if potential tenants need to provide 2-3 references and have good rental history and high credit scores then they should at least be able to also screen the potential landlord.
lmao! 1. You need the rental more than the landlord needs to find a tenant. 2. You are not in the position to screen a landlord when you are the one looking for a rental. 3. There is plenty of recourse and protections afforded to tenants, more so than the landlord. You know how hard it is to evict a tenant?! 4. The landlord takes on almost all the risk when taking in a tenant. Imagine if you are the landlord for 5 seconds. You have such an entitled, narrow minded mentality
Check county records to make sure the person taking your money actually owns the property. There are scams in big cities of people pretending to be the landlord and just collecting deposits and rent and disappearing. Also knock on some neighbor’s doors if it is a building.
A few years ago, my credit was in bad shape. I managed to pay off all my debt and make a settlement agreement with the collection agencies but it still didn't improve my credit score greatly in the short term. I applied for a apartment and before submitting my application I told the agent of the management company my situation and even offered to pay 12 months rent up front and they still rejected my application.