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Screening

Screening

Screening: Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions and unique situations relating to screening.

What is Aptly Screening?

A brief overview of Aptly Screening

Getting Started with Screening

A checklist to get you started with screening.

Setting Up Your Stripe Connect Account

Set up a Stripe account in Aptly to accept payments from Applicants, reconcile screening fees, and use Aptly Pay.

Using a Waitlist Board

Use a waitlist for upcoming properties.

How to Create a Generic Property

Use a generic application link to accept application for a future property or to add a roommate to an existing lease.

How to Use Pet Screening with Aptly Screening

How to use Pet Screening in the Aptly Applicant flow

How to Set Up Aptly Syndication for Screening

Set up your syndication buttons for your Listings.

How to Set Up a Lease Package

Set your lease packages to send lease terms to applicants after approval.

How to Use Canadian Screening

Set up your Aptly Screening to use in Canada.

Applicant View: Application Walkthrough

View what the applicant sees as they move through the application process.

Applicant View: Instant Identity and Income Verification

Dive into what the Identity and income verification process looks like in the application process

How to Find Your Screening Portal Link

Use the screening portal link to add to your Tenant Turner, Showmojo, PMW, or Rentvine widget.

How to Create a Coupon Code

Use coupons for your applicants

How to Enter a Manual Application

Use the manual application option for applicants who prefer paper applications.

How to Move an Applicant to a Different Property

You’ve approved an applicant for a property; what do you do with the rest of the applicants?

Understanding Screening Status

Definitions of all screening statuses for applications.

Using Applicant Quality Scoring

Use a scoring system to automatically assign a score to your applicants.

How to Screen an Applicant

Learn how to run screenings on completed applications.

How to Merge Applicants

Merge applicants to combine applicants into one household.

How to Use Document Fraud Screening

Learn how to setup, manually request, and review Document Fraud results

Using the Application Approval Center

An overview of the new Screening interface and Application Approval Center

Navigating and Understanding Completed Screenings

Learn how to read and understand completed screenings

How to Review Instant Identity and Income Verification Reports

Understand the identity and income verification reports.

How to Send Verifications to Employers or Landlords

Set up and send an email requesting verification from an applicant’s employer and/or landlord.

How to Share an Application

Share an application with a non-Aptly user.

How to Send a Lease Offer to Approved Applications

Draft leases after an applicant is approved using Lease Offers and Zero Deposit (if enabled).

Drafting a Lease with Bi-Directional Syncing

Rentvine, Rent Manager, Propertyware, and Buildium users can draft a lease in Aptly.

Syncing your Aptly Lease + Recurring Charges with Rentvine

Add recurring charges when creating a draft lease in Rentvine upon Applicant Approval.

How to Set Application and Holding Fees

Set your application fee and/or holding fee for your collection.

How to Share Consumer Credit Reports with Applicants

Automatically or manually share applicants’ consumer credit reports.

How to Create a PDF of an Application

Manually or automatically create a PDF using a template with Application Merge Fields

How to Manage Applicant Charge Disputes

Keep your application terms updated to manage disputes.

How to Process an Application Fee Refund

Process refunds from the Applicant’s household view.