What Landlords Need to Know About Tenant Screening in 2026
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This week we sit down with Hannah Hamilton from Rental Research, a local tenant screening company that has been helping Minnesota landlords screen applicants for years.
Tenant screening has gotten a lot more complicated. We talk with Hannah about the modern types of fraud landlords need to be watching for, especially as AI makes it easier to create fake documents, manipulate income information, and make an application look a lot better than it actually is.
We also get into the constantly changing state and local rules around tenant screening, what landlords can and can’t consider when reviewing an applicant, and how to put together a screening process that stays consistent while still protecting your property.
Hannah walks us through some of the best practices for reviewing applications, verifying the information you’re being given, spotting red flags, and avoiding some of the common mistakes landlords make during the screening process.
If you own rental property or plan on becoming a landlord, there’s a lot of useful information in this one.
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