{"id":1371,"date":"2012-10-17T06:19:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T13:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rentecdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2016-12-27T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T23:33:26","slug":"the-value-cost-of-tenant-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentecdirect.com\/blog\/the-value-cost-of-tenant-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value and Cost of Tenant Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know tenant screening<\/a> is plays a vital role in placing a tenant, but why is that? \u00a0Without properly screening a new tenant a landlord can end up losing far more time and money than they gain. \u00a0A lot of landlords might assume this would never happen to them, or they are a good judge of character and may not need to verify the facts; however, fact is, poor tenants are on the increase and they are becoming better at lying about their past. \u00a0 When interviewing the most successful landlords, they all say they absolutely positively would not give a new tenant keys prior to running a background check.<\/p>\n

Tenant screening costs less than $30 and can be as little as $15. \u00a0This cost can save you thousands, maybe tens of thousands down the road. \u00a0Landlords who did not screen their tenants have ended up in some pretty bad situations, here’s a few I’ve heard about:<\/p>\n