Are your rental applicants using fake pay stubs?

In a previous post, I discussed the ease of getting a fake credit report and why you should always run your own screening reports for rental applicants. Credit reports are not the only fake documents that are readily available online. Fake pay stubs are also easily available for under $10.00. https://www.realcheckstubs.com and https://fakepaystubonline.com are just 2 […]

A credit report alone is not sufficient for screening a tenant

I last wrote that you should never accept a credit report provided by the applicant due to easy online availability of fake credit reports. In this post, I would like to explain why even a valid credit report is inadequate by itself when screening a rental applicant. Credit reports do not contain enough information to […]

Paper rental applications? Do you know what century we’re in?

It never ceases to amaze me the number of agents, landlords and property managers that still use paper applications. In my last 2 posts I covered how paper applications can complicate Fair Housing compliance and the create personal data security problems. Today we will look at how time consuming paper applications are, how they make  […]