Ways Your Property Manager Idaho Falls Can Prescreen Tenants

Prescreening prospective tenants is something every property manager Idaho Falls has to learn how to do. And, everyone goes about it differently. While there is room for personal preference in the area of the tenant prescreening process there is a way to do it that can significantly reduce the amount of time Idaho Falls property managers waste on prospects who aren't right for the vacant property. Below are a few tips to help you, or your management professional, prescreen tenants in a smart, time-saving way.

1. Start with the Phone Call. You may be a property manager Idaho Falls who immediately schedules a property showing when you get a phone call from a person interested in one of your vacant properties. This really isn't smart because you're showing the most valuable asset (property) to a person who is a complete stranger to you, leaving yourself open to a potentially dangerous situation. And, secondly, the person may see the property and not be interested because of something you could have found out beforehand...or they may not even show up, completely wasting your time.

   
   

   This is why most Idaho Falls property management professionals start the prescreening process over the phone. All you have to do is ask a few simple questions like, "How big of a place are you looking for?" "Are you familiar/comfortable with ----  neighborhood?" "Are okay with our pet policy?" Things like this will help you immediately sift through the unqualified callers, saving time.

   
   
2. Schedule an Office Meeting. The next thing you, or your property manager Idaho Falls, should do is schedule an office meeting with the interested prospects. This meeting will give you the ability to meet the prospect face-to-face and ask a few more in-depth questions. You'll want to discuss his/her background, employment, rental history, etc. here. Then, go over your rental policies and make sure he/she doesn't have a problem with them. If everything seems okay at this appointment, go ahead and take them to view the vacant property.
   
   
   
3. Follow Up. Finally, good property managers in Idaho Falls always make prospects fill out an application after viewing a rental property. Before you agree to let the person sign a lease, you need to review the application and contact the references listed, as well as, previous/current employers and past landlords. In addition you should run a criminal background check to make sure there are no additional red flags. After this, if everything checks out, execute the lease!