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 ...

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 ...

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Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services promise instant access to public records, credit information, social media ...

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 ...

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 ...