tenant application process: Finally * Tenant Screening services for small Landlords and Property Managers
- 07/01/09 05:44 AM
One of the HARDEST parts of being a landlord is being able to "pull" applicant credit reports for tenant screening. 10 years ago it was much easier; however, now it is more difficult if one is not a large firm running lots of reports and charging application fees to cover the costs. Finally, there is now online help. The website Rentlaw has partnered with TransUnion to allow landlords and small time PMs to screen their tenants with NO SET UP COSTS (reports appear to cost between $20 and $25 which are easily covered by landlord's charging an application fee for each … (3 comments)
tenant application process: Resident contact information is ALWAYS helpful * GET Cel #s ASAP
- 05/10/09 01:29 AM
http://www.newsmax.com/science/us_cell_phones_only/2009/05/06/211510.html This AP article acknowledges something that I have been experiencing for several years. My residents are no longer using land telephone lines. They use their cel #s and local cable for DSL/internet access. In rural areas with no DSL, they are using HughesNet for internet and DirectTV for tv reception and may still have no land line if they already have a cel phone since they can get faster internet through HughesNet than telephone dial up. For this reason, I changed my rental applications several years ago and removed the blanks asking for business and home telephone numbers for applicants … (3 comments)
tenant application process: This is the THIRD of a Series of Posts for Assisting Reluctant Landlords From Making Common Mistakes!!!
- 04/21/09 12:22 AM
Reluctant Landlords see the $$$ and not the $$$$$$$....they chase the few bucks they will loose if they do not rent their property QUICKLY and have to come out of their pocket for a mortgage payment and they do NOT see the many bucks they will loose if they take the wrong/unscreened residents who stop paying their rent, loose their jobs, or as is the more common case, vacate the property with no notice. Reluctant Landlords who rely on real estate agents to locate and screen residents fair little better. Most real estate offices no longer have access to credit screening … (3 comments)
tenant application process: Is TECHNOLOGY adding to the NUMBER of HOMELESS families!?!
- 03/28/09 11:01 PM
I ask this because in my over 40 years as a property manager, I have seen where it used to take 3 days to screen a rental applicant, it now can take less than 15 minutes. I remember calling the credit bureau, giving my firm's passcode and the applicant's SS# and it would get a call back the next day with very sketchy credit information. Originally I would take the information down long-hand and then the credit bureau gave us sheets that we could use to fill in the information - this was BEFORE faxes and computers. I would call employers and I would call current … (11 comments)
tenant application process: Leasing is a PROCESS, not an EVENT....
- 07/28/08 05:26 AM
I recently wrote a blog and a client newsletter article about the leasing process. Many property owner/clients think it is an EVENT * SHOW & LEASE.....in actuality, it is a PROCESS and the SHOWING, while important, is often not even in the process.....sometime residents rent sight-unseen so the web marketing portion of the process is VERY IMPORTANT. Sometime residents look at one property and then rent another in the same area when they see what is available within their pricerange. It is important to have all parts of the process covered so that good prospects don't get away or go elsewhere. … (0 comments)
I frequently get objections from applicants to downloading application forms, completing and faxing back to my office. They don't want to have their "personal information" floating around a fax machine. I just learned of FILLANYPDF.COM and used it...it works. http://www.fillanypdf.com 
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