Tenant Screening can help you evaluate prospective tenants before deciding whether to move forward with a rental.
As a landlord, you can send a Tenant Screening Request, track its progress, and review completed reports from the Furnished Finder website or mobile app.
Send a Tenant Screening Request
You can send a Tenant Screening Request from your Furnished Finder Messages, the Tenant Screening section under Landlord Tools, or the mobile app.
Each screening costs $44.99, plus any applicable taxes. You can choose to pay for the screening yourself or have the tenant pay.
Once the request is sent, the tenant receives an email invitation to complete the screening. If you've already paid, they won't be asked to pay.
- Need step-by-step instructions? See How to Send a Tenant Screening Request
- Want to pay for the tenant screening yourself? See How Can a Landlord Pay for a Tenant Screening?
Track and Manage the Request
After sending a request, go to Tenant Screening under Landlord Tools from the Furnished Finder website or mobile app to check its status.
Depending on the status, you may also be able to resend the request, correct the tenant's email address, or archive it.
If a tenant doesn't complete their screening or is no longer moving forward with your rental, you can archive the screening request to remove it from your active tenant screening requests.
- Need to resend, update, or archive a request? See How to Manage Tenant Screening Requests.
- Not sure what a screening status means? See Tenant Screening Request Statuses for Landlords.
Review the Results
Once the tenant completes the screening, you can review the available credit, criminal background, and eviction history reports from the mobile app or Furnished Finder Dashboard.
Most results are ready within a few hours. In rare cases, where a specific jurisdiction requires manually pulling records, it may take up to five business days.
Completed screening reports are available for 30 days. After 30 days, you can still see that the screening was completed, but the report can no longer be viewed or downloaded.
Tenant Screening provides information to help you evaluate a prospective tenant, but it doesn't determine whether a tenant should be approved. Consider the results along with your other rental criteria and apply the same criteria consistently to each applicant.
- Not sure what the Resident Score means? See What Is a Resident Score?
- For tips on evaluating applicants consistently, see Fair & Consistent Screening Practices.
Need Help?
Visit Tenant Screening Troubleshooting Help for common issues with sending, completing, or managing a Tenant Screening Request.