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Tenant Screening - Income Verification

Tenant Screening - Income Verification

Tenant Screening - Income/Employment Verification:Verifying an applicant’s income can be challenging. A landlord usually needs a release to contact an applicant’s employer and get this information. Often the HR department can be very difficult to track down, and thei...
Tenant Screening - How to use Income to Rent Ratio

Tenant Screening - How to use Income to Rent Ratio

Income to Rent Ratio – Income to Rent ratio, often incorrectly called rent to income ratio is the amount of income a potential tenant earns as a ratio to the advertised rent. For example, if an applicant earns $6000 per month and is applying for a property that rents for $20...
Determine Your Applicant's Credit Worthiness

Determine Your Applicant's Credit Worthiness

Know an Applicant’s Credit Worthiness – In tenant screening, credit history is the single biggest factor in determining the risk involved in renting to a prospective tenant. A consistent record of paying one’s debts is an accurate measure of their care and concern ...
Tenant Screening Risk Factors

Tenant Screening Risk Factors

What level of risk is acceptable ? – This is an important question that is made up of many factors including:Number of properties managed – The more properties a landlord manages, the more risk he can take on with each tenant as the level of risk is divided by the nu...
Why you Should Screen Your Tenants

Why you Should Screen Your Tenants

According to  Wikipedia Tenant screening is a process used primarily by residential landlords and property managers to evaluate prospective tenants. The purpose is to assess the likelihood the tenant will fulfill the terms of the lease or rental agreement and will also take gr...
Save Time and Money with Application Checker

Save Time and Money with Application Checker

Save Time and Money with Application CheckerRentScreener has launched a new feature to PRO users to allow an applicant to lookup the status of their online rental application. Save time and money by reducing the amount of calls you receive to find out about the status of an ap...
The Gap Investors and Real Estate Agents Have in Screening

The Gap Investors and Real Estate Agents Have in Screening

When is comes to screening it is not an equal playing field, but why? Many investors don't know that they have a problem until it is time to screen a tenant. What is the issue? Small landlords and real estate agents cannot view credit information without credit bureau approva...
Get Ready to Rent - How Landlords Handle Criminal and Eviction Records

Get Ready to Rent - How Landlords Handle Criminal and Eviction Records

Tenants - Almost every landlord will check your criminal and eviction history. Be prepared to answer questions about your past when you are looking to rent. Here is the next installment in my interview with George Trombley, with Las Vegas property management company, Blackbird Re...
Get Ready to Rent - Be Ready to Give a Landlord Reference

Get Ready to Rent - Be Ready to Give a Landlord Reference

Tenants, find out how to get ready to rent a new place. Next step, make sure you will get a positive landlord reference from your current landlord.Dave: Hello everybody, I'm Dave Borden with Rent Screener. I'm here with George Trombley, Las Vegas property manager. 49 year...
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Property Maintenance Services: Go-To Guide for Property Managers

Property Maintenance Services: Go-To Guide for Property Managers

The costs associated with owning a property can feel never-ending. If you're a property manager running rental properties, those costs come at you from every angle. The biggest piece of that financial pie is almost always rental property maintenance.Property managers like you mus...

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9-07-24 Release Notes

9-07-24 Release Notes

New Features and EnhancementsNEW - Rapid Invoice FeatureStreamlined Workflow: Easily process all of your vendor invoices with our user-friendly workflow designed to save you time and effort.Sequential Invoice Processing: Create a bill from an invoice and immediately move on to t...
7-25-24 Release Notes

7-25-24 Release Notes

New Features and EnhancementsNEW - Rebuilt Global SearchGlobal Search Capabilities: A new search function lets you look up nearly any item across the software, streamlining your ability to find information quickly.Search Filters: Introduced a chip-based filtering system to narrow...
04-05-2024 Release Notes

04-05-2024 Release Notes

New Highlighted Features and EnhancementsNEW - Applicant PortalThis enhancement is part of our ongoing commitment to providing a seamless and efficient application process for your prospective tenants.Rentvine User Account Requirement: To ensure a secure and personalized experien...

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