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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...
Get Ready to Rent - Know your Credit Score

Get Ready to Rent - Know your Credit Score

Tenants - Know what is in your credit report before you look for a rental. Every property management company and most landlords will check credit when they screen tenants. Make sure you know what is in the report so you can save time and money when looking for a rental.Here is th...
Tenant Screening - Checking Landlord References

Tenant Screening - Checking Landlord References

Landlord References:Like employment verification, checking landlord references can be very difficult. This is an important item to consider as even those with great credit scores can sometimes be very difficult tenants even though they pay their rent on time. It is also easy for ...
Get Ready to Rent - Behind the Scenes with a Property Manager

Get Ready to Rent - Behind the Scenes with a Property Manager

There are lots of resources out there telling landlords how to screen tenants. We thought it might be helpful to tenants out there to show you what a property manager does when conducting tenant screening. We interviewed Las Vegas Property Manager George Trombley of Blackbird Rea...
Tenant Screening - Eviction Records

Tenant Screening - Eviction Records

Eviction Records:Other than credit history, this is the most important item to check. Unfortunately the data on eviction history is not very good. Most landlords and property management don’t report eviction activity. Also, most non-paying tenants do not go all the way through ...
Tenant Screening - Checking Criminal Records

Tenant Screening - Checking Criminal Records

Criminal Records:Determining an applicant’s criminal past is difficult when conducting  tenant screening. Most bureaus offer the ability to check most national and state criminal databases. This sounds great, but much of our government infrastructure is pretty outdated technol...
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 their call b...
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 $2000,...
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 regarding...
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 number of ...
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