Always collect and review rental applications, looking for red flags in housing history, job stability, and occupancy plans. Run thorough tenant screening reports, including credit checks, criminal ...

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 24, 2025-- RentZoro is reshaping how Canadians rent and lease homes with the launch of its free, data-verified tenant screening platform. The company is the first in ...

As a landlord, you should only want the best candidates to become your tenants. Great applicants become great tenants who pay rent on time, renew their leases, and become reliable members of your ...

Question: I have read your articles in The Herald and like your practical advice. My husband and I independently rent a home in our neighborhood. Our question is how does an independent landlord run a ...

Conducting a thorough tenant screening is crucial for real estate investors who want to find reliable and responsible tenants. The process typically starts with a comprehensive application form that ...

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 ...

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On February 28, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public comment on background screening ...

In November 2018, Marco Antonio Fernandez, returned home after a yearlong Navy deployment in South Korea and searched for an apartment near his next posting in Fort Meade, Maryland. Fernandez, whose ...

The City of Olympia is hosting a training workshop on Nov. 5 alongside the Fair Housing Center of Washington to help inform people of tenant screening companies and new federal requirements. According ...

Two companies that make software for landlords have agreed to pay the state $100,000 and eliminate a feature that allows property managers to automatically reject prospective tenants with criminal ...