Tenant screening for landlords and property managers: credit checks, red flags, pre-screening leads and staying on the right side of the FCRA.
If anything in a credit report played a part in turning an applicant down, asking for a co-signer or charging a bigger deposit, the FCRA says you owe them a notice. It's one page, and here's exactly what goes on it.
Most wasted showings are predictable. Here's a simple, fair-housing-safe workflow to pre-screen tenants by text and phone number before anyone drives over, including the exact messages to send.
Most bad tenancies were visible on paper before the lease was signed. These are the 11 warning signs seasoned landlords look for, how to verify each one quickly, and the things that look alarming but usually aren't.
No law sets a minimum credit score to rent. Each landlord picks their own bar, and most of them care more about how you've paid than about the exact number. Here's how it works from both sides of the application.
A tenant credit check takes minutes once you know the order of operations: consent first, then the pull, then a careful read of what the file actually says about paying rent on time.
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