Is Your Applicant Picture Crystal Clear?

The Property Management Association of West Michigan brings you clarity with resident screening that includes rental payment history records.

Did you know that RentGrow offers rental payment history data from RentBureau, the nation’s first and only consumer reporting agency designed specifically for the multifamily industry? RentBureau records are available instantly online within RentGrow’s TotalScreen™ product, and display clear month-by-month rental payment history and timely collections activity.

How Rental Payment History Records Benefit Your Resident Screening:

• A Critical Data Point. Renters’ payment history is an ideal way to predict the probability of future rental payment behavior.
• Superior Tool for Rental Verification. This reliable, instantly available data can augment or replace landlord phone references and/or fax verifications. RentBureau rental payment history offers a more objective and expedient method for verifying residence history. It also eliminates human subjectivity by only delivering the facts.
• More Timely Collections Information. The collection and rental payment information in RentBureau’s database is updated daily, so it can pick up collection or payment issues that do not yet appear on an applicant’s credit report.
• Expands Credit Threshold. For applicants with little or no credit, rental payment history data provides a reliable method to identify qualified renters.

Benefits of Furnishing Your Own Data:

• A Benefit for All. In addition to receiving data with your screening reports, you can furnish your data to the database, which has a number of advantages for your business and the industry at large.
• Internal Tracking. Management companies that opt to furnish their own data will have an automatic internal system to track and prevent serial skippers from popping up at more than one of their properties.
• Marketing Advantage. You can market this as an incentive for renters to pay on time and build positive credit - rental payment data helps consumers build credit like a mortgage payment or credit card.
• Free and Easy. Furnishing your residents' payment history data is free and only requires a quick initial set-up. The information is updated every 24 hours, directly from your property management software, such as Yardi, AMSI, OneSite, MRI, etc., without disruption to I.T. or property operations.

Portfolios with Fewer than 500 Units:
Owners with portfolios of fewer than 500 rental units can now screen their applicants quickly and effectively. Visit ScreeningWorks for more information on how you can take advantage of RentGrow's expertise using ScreeningWorks' Online Tenant Screening application. Get 10% off with promo code ‘PMAWM11’.

Product packages are $29.95 or less, including:

• Eviction Statewide
• Criminal Multi-State
• Credit Evaluation
• Address Search
• National Sex Offender
• OFAC Government Watchlist
• Social Security Number Fraud Check