Landlord credit checks are a valuable tool for property owners who need to vet potential tenants before they approve them for a rental. Information included in a landlord credit check includes payment ...

Many landlords use screening services to predict if a potential tenant will pay rent on time. Here's what to know about the process before you apply. Many, or all, of the products featured on this ...

The apartment ads on Craigslist looked enticing, showing pictures of decent rentals offered at reasonable prices. But the ads were bogus, and an estimated 146,000 would-be renters didn’t end up with a ...

With such a competitive rental market to contend with, it can be difficult for applicants with bad credit to find housing. Sometimes, a poor credit score is due to difficult circumstances outside of ...

As a landlord, finding a reliable tenent to reside in your rental property, or rental properties, can be a stressful task. Asking for references, doing background checks and taking a look at finances ...

In the past I have always used brokers to rent out the vacant apartments in my building, but I always felt bad about the hefty (15%) broker’s fee the tenants had to pay. Now that Craigslist has made ...

Despite a California law prohibiting landlords from rejecting Section 8 tenants based solely on credit history, some of L.A.'s biggest landlords are still using credit checks to deny rental ...