Top Five Recommendations for Tenant Screening

Are you a landlord in Los Angeles looking to sign up a new tenant? Below, we’ll cover the five most important steps for screening a potential tenant to help you secure reliable and trustworthy renters. Ensuring you screen prospective tenants thoroughly can save you time, money, and headaches down the line.

If you encounter difficulties with a problematic tenant or need professional assistance in vetting your tenants, don’t hesitate to reach out to SNS Law Group. We specialize in helping landlords navigate these challenges effectively.

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Are you looking to sign up a new tenant? Here are five recommendations I make to my clients whenever they’re screening a potential, prospective tenant.

Hi, my name is Edrin Shamtob, and I’ve been a licensed California attorney for the past decade. I specialize in landlord-tenant law, and I’ve helped hundreds of clients vet and screen their prospective tenants. If you like what you see here today, please make sure to like, share, and follow.

Rental Application

First, you have to make sure that your tenant fills out a rental application. The rental application will give you critical information on your tenant’s profile. This includes your tenant’s name, their social security number, income information, employment history, and previous addresses.

Criminal Background Check

Second, you want to make sure to conduct a criminal background check. This is vitally important so you can weed out those tenants who have violent or criminal histories.

Previous Address Report

Third, you want to obtain a previous address report. This will help you verify the information provided by your tenant in a rental application and it’ll also help you contact your tenant’s previous landlords.

Credit Report

Fourth, you want to obtain a credit report. Conducting a credit check on your tenant will give you a credit score and it will also give you an indication of their ability to make rent payments down the line.

Eviction History Check

Lastly, you want to conduct an eviction history check. The eviction history check will allow you to weed out those tenants with previous evictions on their records.

Landlord-Tenant Lawyer in Los Angeles

Following these five steps will help you avoid problematic tenants and make sure that you’re receiving timely and full rent payments. If you’re facing a situation where you have a problematic tenant or you need assistance properly vetting your tenants, please feel free to give us a call.