by Pam Storm | Mar 31, 2017 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Tenant Screening
The credit data landscape has changed quite a bit over the years – most of it is positive change for both landlords and consumers. Gaining access to credit data on someone is serious stuff. Let’s go into the main ways you can access credit data and what...
by Pam Storm | Feb 16, 2017 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Tenant Screening
Introduction We worked with Chad Carson on this article, particularly in choosing the topic of how to screen for the best tenants. Chad is an excellent resource on running a real estate business – so much so that he and his family can travel the world from their...
by Pam Storm | Dec 9, 2016 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Lease Tips, Tenant Screening, Uncategorized
If you’re a pet-owner, you know that pets are loved family members. On the flip side, if you’re a landlord, you know that pets can cause challenges. In this article, we’ll address the pros and cons of allowing pets, and smart landlord strategies regarding pets....
by Pam Storm | Dec 1, 2016 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Tenant Screening
You have probably noticed the somewhat stunning statistics that show over half of Americans reportedly lie or embellish on their job applications. According to Mary Lorenz, spokeswoman for CareerBuilder, “One of the reasons candidates may feel okay embellishing their...
by Pam Storm | Nov 11, 2016 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Tenant Screening
Millennials might get a bad rap every now and again, but there are more than 76 million of them in the U.S. alone, and they are the largest generation born in the 20th century. That’s a LOT of people with huge spending power! Millennials grew up in an...
by Pam Storm | Nov 1, 2016 | Background Checks, Essential Skills for Landlords, Tenant Screening
It’s such a loaded question, isn’t it — what are smart landlord strategies to tell candidates that the property, well, it’s going to be rented to someone else? Landlords can find communicating this to candidates stressful. They may worry...
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