Traditional tenant screening is time-consuming, inefficient, and full of potential pitfalls. Let's explore how Clara transforms this experience for landlords, real estate agents, and prospective renters.
Without Clara, property owners face numerous challenges in their screening process. They must manually collect and verify multiple documents while conducting time-consuming background and credit checks across different platforms. The process often suffers from inconsistent screening criteria between applications, creating a risk of overlooking crucial information or red flags. Additionally, slow communication cycles with applicants further complicate the process.
These inefficiencies lead to several significant problems. Properties remain vacant for longer periods, operational costs increase due to the time-intensive nature of manual screening, and there's a higher risk of fair housing violations due to inconsistent evaluation processes. Perhaps most importantly, the cumbersome nature of traditional screening creates a poor experience for applicants, potentially driving away qualified renters.
With Clara, the screening process becomes:
Clara enables you to create and share online applications with potential renters. Renters build profiles that include their rental history, employment details, references, and lease preferences. All applications are Fair Housing compliant, ensuring a consistent and equitable process.
Clara partners with Plaid—an advanced security and encryption tool—to verify identification documents, contact information, and personal details. Through Plaid's income verification, you can access employment data and income information via payroll providers and standard documents like pay stubs, W2s, and 1099s.
Clara delivers comprehensive screening through TransUnion credit reports, showing credit scores, credit lines, and collections. The platform performs thorough eviction searches for past court actions, unlawful detainers, and monetary judgments. It also conducts extensive criminal background checks across more than 200 million national and state records, screening for felonies, sex offenses, and outstanding warrants. Through this process, Clara creates a secure, transparent experience that gives renters greater control over their information.
Property managers using Clara enjoy numerous benefits, including significantly reduced screening time from days to hours and lower operational costs. The platform ensures improved compliance with fair housing laws while delivering better quality renters through comprehensive screening. The simplified decision-making process makes property management more efficient than ever before.
For prospective renters, Clara offers a user-friendly application process with faster processing times. They benefit from clear communication throughout their application journey and can trust that they'll receive fair and consistent evaluation of their credentials.
While traditional renter screening can be a bottleneck in property management, Clara's innovative approach transforms it into a smooth, efficient process. By leveraging technology and automation, Clara helps property managers make better decisions faster while providing a superior experience for prospective renters.
Ready to revolutionize your renter screening process? Experience the Clara difference today.