Tune your criteria with data
Most screening rules were set years ago and never tested. Findigs shows how your criteria perform on real leases, so you change them with data.
Too strict empties units. Too loose fills them with risk.
Most operators set an income rule and a credit cutoff once, then leave them. Nobody checks whether those rules approve residents who pay or decline residents who would have. So teams approve marginal files to hit occupancy, or tighten up and leave units empty.
Change criteria with evidence, not instinct
Test before you go live
Simulate a criteria change against your portfolio's real performance before it goes live. See how approvals and risk would shift before a single applicant is affected.
Close the loop after move-in
Findigs tracks how approved residents pay after they move in and feeds that back into your policy view. You see which rules hold up and which don't.
One standard across properties
Once you set criteria, Findigs applies them the same way at every property. You tune one policy instead of guessing which local version works.
What better criteria move
- occupancy
- +1.7 ptsoccupancy
- less bad debt
- up to 60%less bad debt
- fewer leads needed per lease
- 22-24%fewer leads needed per lease
For operators who want proof before they change a rule
Operations leaders
You suspect your criteria cost you good residents, and you want proof first.
Asset managers
You need to know how a policy change hits occupancy and bad debt, not just approval rates.
Regional managers
You need every property applying the same rules.
Questions about improving tenant screening criteria
How do I know if my tenant screening criteria are too strict?
Look at outcomes, not approval rates. If the applicants you decline look a lot like approved residents who pay on time, your rules are likely too tight. You need lease outcome data to see it.
What should tenant screening criteria include?
An income rule, credit and rental history standards, how you review criminal history, and when a guarantor qualifies an application. Write them down and apply them the same way to everyone. See policy and criteria.
Does Findigs change my criteria automatically?
No. You set the policy and decide every change. Findigs shows how your criteria perform and what a change would do.
Is the 3x rent rule still the right standard?
It's a habit, not a requirement. Some households under 3x pay reliably, and some above it don't. Test your income rule against your own outcomes. Why the 3x rent rule is made up.
Know your criteria work before you change them
See how your policy performs on your own leases.
