JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A lawsuit filed in Duval County claims a large local landlord’s reliance on tenant-screening algorithms discriminates against rental applicants who are Black. The lawsuit was ...

Landlords and tenants often accept the tenant screening process as a formality. But there’s a hidden set of processes that work behind the scenes to create the neatly formatted PDFs landlords rely on ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RentRedi, the fastest-growing property management software, released new data that demonstrates the effectiveness of its tenant screening feature in helping ...

When I talk to new and seasoned landlords alike, one of the topics we invariably land on is the importance of tenant screening. In fact, in full disclosure, I now operate a company that provides free ...

Incidents of inaccurate, outdated and misleading information in tenant background reports are on the rise, according to a pair of reports from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Processing ...

One of the biggest pain points of owning or managing rental property is the never-ending task of finding, screening and approving new tenants. It’s a cyclical business, so turnover is natural, but ...

ScreeningWorks, a new Web-based tenant screening solution for independent rental owners (IROs) and managers from RentGrow Inc offers access to comprehensive and affordable background screening that ...

When it comes to managing a rental property, a bad tenant can be worse than an empty property. Property damage, late payments and lease default are just a few of the time consuming and expensive ...

If you have ever leased an apartment, house, or storefront, you have probably agreed to a background check or asked the applicant to do so. What you may not know is that the process of looking into ...

Inaccurate screening reports are driving moving costs for renters even higher, according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. From January 2019 to September 2022, the CFPB ...