As the founder of a property management company that has an eviction rate of less than 1%, I know firsthand how the success of your rental property hinges on finding trustworthy and reliable tenants ...

A few days before Thanksgiving 2019, Joyce Williams lost her job as a security guard in Chicago, and in the few months it took her to find work again, she fell behind on rent. Her apartment, located ...

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If you have ever leased an apartment, house, or storefront, you have probably agreed to a background check or asked the applicant to do so. What you may not know is that the process of looking into ...

A good tenant is worth their weight in gold, and perhaps more importantly, a bad tenant can often cost you the same. It’s both headache inducing and expensive to spend time chasing rent, cleaning up ...

Portable tenant screening reports, or PTSRs, might not be the most common topic in landlording circles, but as more states look to recognize these reports, they're bound to become more prevalent. In ...

On July 26, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that a tenant screening algorithm is subject to the Fair Housing Act, including the FHA's ban on racial ...

For landlords, one of the most important aspects of tenant screening is ensuring that your potential tenants have a consistent income source they can use to pay the rent in full and on time. This ...