Monday, December 25, 2017

Conducting A Tenant Screening Report

By Nancy Perry


Every landlord is very critical of their prospect occupants. This is to avoid a situation where one is in bad terms with them due to failure to comply with their expectations. You can determine whether an applicant is suitable enough by conducting a credit and background check. Here are important facts about Tenant Screening Report that a property owner should consider.

Collect the tenant information through an application. You need to have an application form to collect relevant information about your potential applicant. Highlight some aspects of their current addresses, their full name, current job and any other relevant information about them. In addition to that, give them a credit report authorization form to fill to be used to conduct a credit checkup.

Do a personal surveillance. You have quite a lot to handle with the information you have gathered from the application form. However, there is some information that one cannot access unless he or she depends on a screening firm. These firms have easier access to credit reports and even access security information which is important in determining your applicant legal conduct.

Confirm your intended tenant suitability by contacting his or her employer. It is recommendable to reach out to your candidate employer to gather enough information about his or her financial capacity. Ask them about their type of work whether it is a full-time or part-time job, the wage amount and whether they are receiving their payment in full. These will help in determining your candidate capacity to pay his or her rent.

Contact their previous landlords. You need to acknowledge a few facts about your applicant conduct by reaching out to their previous landlords. Confirm whether they have a reputation for paying their rent on time if they are compliant with the leasing agreement and whether there are any complaints from their former neighbors. Additionally, ask them to give you a general recommendation about them and the reason behind their terms of an agreement with the applicants.

Interview your applicants to know them much better. It is recommendable to listen to your applicant personal take on this other than depending on the information you have gathered about them. Ask your candidates about the number of occupants they have, the reason behind their decision to relocate and their daily routine as well. This helps in acknowledging whether they meet your expectations and whether the information you have gathered about them is valid.

Take time to survey their conduct. Unless you give a prospective tenant a chance to stay for a while, you cannot determine whether the information you have collected about them is reliable enough. Give them about three months to have a close checkup about their compliance to your expectations. Use their new neighbors to survey on their behavior. This gives you an opportunity to decide whether to maintain or do away with their application.

Sign a written contract with them. You are expected to sign a written agreement with your new tenant as an indication of your satisfaction with their application to rent out your property. The agreement should give an overview of what you expect from them and highlight incidents that can lead to the dissolution of the agreement.




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