screen singapore

Rental applicant screening is a constant headache for the landlord with open units, but it does not have to take forever and it does not have to cost you an arm and a leg either. Honestly – with the right balance of cleverness and forcefulness (personality-wise) the vast majority of potential bad apple tenants are more than happy to screen themselves right out of your office. That’s the kind of rental applicant screening all of us can afford.

How do I do this? It has to start with the very first contact with your potential applicants. Why do I say potential applicants? I say that because no one, not one single person, gets a tenant application from me until I have a signed consent form in hand. A consent form for what, you ask? I get a signed consent form from a prospective tenant before they ever even see anything even resembling an application. Before I took off on a little tangent I was talking about my first conversation about renting. I make mention of the consent form right off the bat. No fuss, no muss. I make it absolutely clear that the person I am talking to will be filling out a consent form and their background and credit history will be checked.

Needless to say many of the people I talk to do not bother to show up at my office to sign a rental applicant screening consent form. They already know they have a checkered past and don’t bother to show up. Good riddance. Too harsh? Listen, the only thing worse than an empty apartment is an apartment with a drug using loser deadbeat in it. Agreed?

By: Matt E Spitz

About the Author:
What next? When I do still end up stuck with a bunch of applications to go through, I do rental applicant screening all day.Once I have it narrowed down to two applicants I cover myself with an FCRA credit check service to cover my legal bases. This is important when you do rental applicant screening so make sure to use a Fair Credit Reporting Act Compliant Service for your final selection.Matt E. Spitz