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How landlords can avoid bad tenants
What’s your greatest fear in becoming a buy-to-let landlord? Last year, 59 per cent of landlords dealt with tenants not paying their rent, says Northwood, a guaranteed rent provider. And 99,000 tenants haven’t paid
Read More »AccuRental Tenant Screening Expands $18 Report Package
Premier public record research firm The Public Record Source, LLC announced today the expansion of its innovative tenant screening platform, AccuRental. By utilizing the newest and most sophisticated data sources available, AccuRental now searches
Read More »Minor raped by neighbour
A 15-year-old dalit girl was raped by her neighbour in Sheopur district on Sunday night. Police said the victim had gone to attend nature's call when accused - Raja alias Imtiaz - forcibly took
Read More »Requirements for Employment Verification for Tenant Screening
It is important to get as much information from your applicant as possible when they are filling out a rental application. If you are looking to do an employment verification, then there are two
Read More »AccuRental Tenant Screening Adapts to Changing Credit Laws
As the credit industry and the federal regulations that control it change with every passing year, the engaged landlord and property manager must change along with them. Just a decade ago, an individual landlord
Read More »Tenant Screening for Commercial Leasing also Makes Sense
Tenant screening for residential properties is commonplace in the United States now, but tenant screening for commercial property leasing is not
Read More »FidelisAM Rebrands to RentPrep for Tenant Screening
In the wake of recent gun control debates and a national spotlight on the need for thorough background checks, Fidelis Screening Solutions reported an 827% increase in revenue from 2010 to 2012. The growth
Read More »Manager suspects tenant’s ‘companion animal’ is just a pet
The apartment community I manage has instituted a "no pets" policy by giving all the tenants a 30-day written notice of change of terms. One of my tenants has kept a black Labrador retriever in
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