I have 4 tenants coming to view a rental tonight!

[Ryan Dossey]

Well hopefully we are rented by this weekend. I have 4 phone vetted renters coming to view one of our rentals this evening. I guess I'm going to just cherry pick who is the best fit. Any tips? We've been using the BP tenant screening tool with GREAT success. 

[Troy Sheets]

Originally posted by @Kathleen Leary:

Put the time on your applications when they're completed & turned in to you - if there's a question who was first (assuming you get more than one qualified applicant!), you can stick with the "first, come, first served" rule. Make sure the applicants know that, too. 

Good luck!

This is great advice, last unit I rented had 7 people/couples show in one evening. I scheduled them all 15 minutes apart and everybody showed. Ended up with 4 couples sitting on stoops and in cars racing to get the apps back to me first, pretty funny. I rented to the couple that actually brought their checkbook; they wrote me a check on the spot for first, last, security and credit check. They signed a 2 year lease with a $50/month increase for the second year. Who doesn't love landlording!!!