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 ...

Portable tenant screening reports, or PTSRs, might not be the most common topic in landlording circles, but as more states look to recognize these reports, they’re bound to become more prevalent. In ...

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 ...

Having more time in your life is something everyone can agree they probably need — whether it’s for hanging out with your family or friends, playing with your dog or just having some downtime, having ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law late Tuesday, Sept. 13, standardizing reusable tenant screening reports and creating a path to lowering rental application costs. Assembly Bill 2559, which ...

A few days before Thanksgiving 2019, Joyce Williams lost her job as a security guard in Chicago, and in the few months it took her to find work again, she fell behind on rent. Her apartment, located ...

Two large private-equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on screening systems reporting inaccurate information about applicants’ previous evictions and criminal ...

The high school teacher and real estate agent racked up more than $200 in tenant screening fees, which they had to pay each time they applied to rent a unit. “Every place we went, we would have to do ...

Eugene's limit on rental application screening fees conflicts with state law, according to a judge's ruling issued Tuesday. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Erin Fennerty wrote enforcement of the $10 ...