How We Screen Your Rental Applicants

We work hard to find the right tenant for your investment

Inadequate applicant screening can result in lost rent, legal and court expenses, and costly damages.

Our applicant screening process is thorough and includes the following steps:

• Full credit, eviction, and criminal checks are conducted instead of relying on score-driven reports.
• Rental history is verified to ensure the actual property owner is providing the information.
• Stability of income and employment is confirmed through YTD pay stubs and W-2s, which are analyzed to ensure they are not falsified.
• Income is calculated in three ways to identify stability anomalies: pay period, YTD average, and YTD + W-2 average.
• A debt-to-income analysis is conducted, which is more accurate than the traditional 3x rent requirement.
• Bank statements are reviewed to check for NSF issues, to verify that deposits support income, and to prove Move-In funds. Additionally, unusual transactions are analyzed.
• Pet screening is also conducted.

To ensure that approved applicants are committed, we require a Holding Fee before your property is marked as pending. We will continue to show your pending property and accept backup applications until MoveIn takes place.

Our Lease Signings process involves signing our annually reviewed, 27+ page lease prepared by our attorney, completing the MoveIn Checklist & Video, and publishing all documents to your online portal.

To minimize the vacancy period of your property, we set Lease Terms to avoid end-dates between October to February whenever possible. This period is the most challenging time to find new tenants, and we work to avoid it as much as possible.