Landlord
Tenant screening: everything you need to know
One bad tenant can cost thousands in unpaid rent, legal fees, and turnover. Tenant screening exists to catch potential problems before a lease is signed, pulling credit, criminal, eviction, and income data into one report so you're not relying on gut instinct. The process is fast (most reports come back in hours), and the applicant usually pays the fee, not you. But not all screening services are equal. Roughly one in eight rental applications involve fraudulent income documents, and services that rely on uploaded pay stubs instead of bank-verified income won't catch them. And when you deny an applicant, federal law requires specific written notice. Skip it and you're looking at fines of $100 to $1,000 per incident. Some services handle this automatically; others leave it to you. RentSpree offers both, no subscription required.
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