Property Manager – Woodland HIlls
Prequalify the Applicants
Your tenant screening process actually begins before you even meet the applicant. Any time you are asked to do an individual showing of the property, avoid making work for yourself later by prequalifying the interested party to make sure he/she has a chance of being a good fit.
Essentially you want to ask the questions that will make or break an applicant’s chances with your property. I’ve included a sample list of questions below. You can email them to anyone who inquires about your unit so that you’ll have a copy of their responses:
- Our desired move-in date is ____. Does that work for you?
- What is your current monthly salary? (If it’s low, does he/she have a co-signer?)
- Have you been previously evicted or asked to move out?
- How many people will be living in this unit?
- Any smoker among your group?
- Do you own any pets?
If an applicant has one of the “deal-breaker” qualities (e.g., owning a pet when the owner has specified that no pets are allowed), you’ve saved yourself the time of showing the property to someone who couldn’t rent anyway.
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