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 ...

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 ...

About 3.6 million American households are threatened by eviction each year, and for many, the consequences last long after the eviction itself. Even if they avoid losing their homes, eviction records ...

Tenant screening companies have built private databases from court records of eviction cases individuals have been involved in.

Some renters treat your property with care, pay on time, and stick around for years. Others disappear mid-lease, leave behind damage, or cause more stress than they’re worth. The difference? It ...

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 ...

The CFPB recently released two reports concerning tenant background checks. One report, “Consumer Snapshot: Tenant Background Checks,” discusses consumer complaints received by the CFPB that relate to ...

Incidents of inaccurate, outdated and misleading information in tenant background reports are on the rise, according to a pair of reports from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB ...

Conducting a thorough tenant screening is crucial for real estate investors who want to find reliable and responsible tenants. The process typically starts with a comprehensive application form that ...

The city of Olympia is considering limiting the information landlords can use to screen tenants. The Land Use and Environment Committee's meeting on May 22 focused on how to make tenant screening ...