All Forum Posts by: Bradley Lewis

Hello BP,

I am still new to investing and have been reading through all the forums to gain more knowledge about the tenant screening process. It seems to me from tons of reading that the tenant screening process is scattered. I have not found a process that covers the steps to creating a process that seems sound for screening tenants. Does anyone know of a service that creates a step-by-step instructions as to setting up a process for screening and do you pay for that service? 

Example of what I am looking for(these steps would give a template on how to set it up and then the user can customize based on own criteria):

1) Create a pre-approval form that gets put on the listing for tenants to fill out (save time from taking phone calls from people not serious)

2) Form gets submitted and an automated email is sent to them with approval or not (saw something about writing some code to customize the email based on form)

3) If the applicant is approved, then they get calendar invite for a showing

4) Etc.

Everything in this process would be automated to save time. Only thing I would need to do is show the property to pre-approved applicants and then verify there application. My time would be cut down significantly.

Example time decrease:

- Lets say there is no automation and I field all phone calls

1) 100 people are interested in property. I spend 5-10 min per applicant on the phone. That would be 500-1000mins(8-16hours) on the phone. More applicants might be accepted to see the property based on phone call.

- Lets say there is an automation

1) 100 people interested. 0 min on the phone. More people would get denied based on pre-approval form. Free up more time to do whatever instead of sit on the phone all day. 

Let me know if there is such a thing out there that exists. I know I could probably create all this on my own but that would take a lot of time to get all setup and learn every little thing. I want to take the lazy way and follow the steps to set this up properly in half the time. I am ok with paying for a service if I need to.