Poor screening often results in lost rents, legal & court costs and costly damages.
- Screening of applicants includes the following:
- Full credit/eviction/criminal checks are done, instead of score-driven reports
- Verification of rental history includes validation of actual property owner to avoid fraud
- Verification of stability of income & employment via YTD paystubs & W-2(s) (analyzed to confirm not fakes)
- Income is calculated 3 ways to spot stability anomalies: pay period, YTD average and YTD + W-2 average.
- Debt-to-income analysis (more accurate than traditional 3x rent requirement)
- Bank statement to see if NSF issues, if deposits support income, prove MoveIn Funds, also analyzed for unusual transactions.
- Pet screening
- Holding Fee required from approved applicants to make sure they are serious, before your property is marked pending. We will still show your pending property & take backup applications until MoveIn occurs.
- Lease Signings include signing of our annually attorney reviewed, 27+ page lease, completed MoveIn Checklist & Video – all published to your online portal.
- Lease Terms are set to avoid end-dates from October to February whenever possible. This period is the hardest time to find new tenants, so we try to avoid it and minimize the length of your property’s vacancy.