Tenant Screening

Find great tenants.
Before you hand over the keys.

Credit, criminal, eviction history, income verification, rental references — all in one report. AI ranks your applicants so you review the top three, not all thirty.

The cost of
getting it wrong.

The applicant seemed great. Friendly, had a job, answered every question right. Signed the lease on a Saturday. By month three, rent stopped coming. By month five, it took a lawyer, a court date, and four more months to get them out. The property needed $8,000 in repairs. The whole thing cost more than a year's rent.

— A story every experienced landlord knows by heart

This isn't a rare outcome. It's what happens when a landlord screens a tenant on instinct, or runs an incomplete check because the process is too slow and painful. Vestorum makes thorough screening fast enough that you'll actually do it every time.

Five things that
tell you the truth.

A good tenant report isn't a gut check. It's documented facts across five critical areas — delivered in minutes, not days.

01

Credit History

Full credit report with score, payment history, open accounts, and derogatory marks. You'll see if they pay their bills — and how consistently.

Soft pull available
02

Criminal Background

National database search across federal, state, and county courts. Configured to comply with your local Fair Chance Housing ordinances automatically.

FCRA compliant
03

Eviction History

Prior eviction filings — even ones that were dismissed or settled. This is the most predictive signal for future eviction risk, and it's often missed.

National search
04

Income Verification

Applicants upload pay stubs, bank statements, or connect payroll directly. Vestorum validates income-to-rent ratio meets your threshold (typically 3×).

3× rent rule
05

Rental References

Structured outreach to prior landlords — not just a name and number. We ask the questions that surface payment history, property care, and why they left.

Structured survey

Review the top three.
Not all thirty.

When you list a unit, applications come in. Some weeks, that's 25 applicants. Reviewing all of them — even just to reject — takes hours you don't have.

Vestorum's AI scores every applicant against your criteria — credit threshold, income ratio, eviction history, reference score — and surfaces the top candidates first. You make a faster decision, with more information, and more confidence.

Applicant Rankings — 2BR Unit · 412 Elm St
#1
Priya Anand
Credit 742 · Income 4.2× · No evictions
AI Top Pick
96
AI Score
#2
Carlos Reyes
Credit 698 · Income 3.1× · No evictions
79
AI Score
#3
Kelly Morrison
Credit 661 · Income 3.4× · 1 filing (dismissed)
68
AI Score
+22
Remaining applicants
Reviewed if top candidates decline
25 applications received · Screened in 4 minutes · 3 finalists surfaced

From application
to decision.

The whole process runs online. Applicants go through a clean, professional flow. You see the results — not the legwork.

STEP 01

Applicant applies online

You share a listing link. Applicants complete the full application form — personal info, rental history, employment, income docs — all in one place. No PDFs, no back-and-forth email chains.

STEP 02

Screening runs automatically

The moment they submit, background and credit checks kick off. Income is validated against their documents. References receive structured surveys. Most complete within minutes.

STEP 03

You see ranked results

Full report for each applicant: credit, criminal, evictions, income ratio, reference responses, and AI score. You review, decide, and send an approval or denial notice — all from your dashboard.

Built to keep you
on the right side.

Tenant screening is federally regulated. Mess it up and you're in Fair Housing violation territory. Vestorum builds the guardrails in so you don't have to think about it.

FCRA compliance built in

The Fair Credit Reporting Act has strict rules about what you can do with a consumer report and what disclosures are required. Vestorum handles the adverse action notices, required disclosures, and dispute process — automatically.

Adverse Action Notices Required Disclosures Dispute Handling Applicant Copy Rights

Fair Housing Act guardrails

The system never surfaces protected class information as a scoring factor — race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability. Your criteria apply uniformly to every applicant. Your decisions are defensible.

Uniform Criteria Protected Class Filtering Documented Decisions Audit Trail

Find your next great
tenant in minutes.

Start your free trial. Your first screening report is on us. Stop guessing — start with the facts.