One potential solution is to limit showing to one day of the week, then give applicants a chance to apply on the spot (a service like mysmartmove.com that they pay for can give you a fast response) and allow them to make their deposit and sign a lease the same day. Source: about 1 year ago

Thank you so much! A great real estate investor you are. I experimented a little bit at mysmartmove.com and myrental.com with a couple of emails and they works exactly like what you described. I have just sent out my applications to the grad students from myrental.com. I chose my myrental.com simply because I see that it costs a little less than mysmartmove.com . Just trying to help the college kids save a few bucks. Source: about 1 year ago

I'll type slow... mysmartmove.com You create an account, when applicants give you name and email, you fill out that info on the website. The applicant pays the fee, enters their SSAN and verified their ID. Then, you get a report on their pay, credit and criminal history based on TransUnion searching them. You never see their SSAN. Which, if that info were ever compromised, I would worry about liability. Source: about 1 year ago

Mysmartmove.com run by TransUnion. You never see the SSAN and get a report they can't edit. Source: about 1 year ago

Also rentcheck.com and mysmartmove.com are websites that vet tenants for a minimal fee. Source: almost 2 years ago

Donate - The "might/could/gonna" items go here, as well as any items you plan to donate. Do yourself a favor: register yourself at ItsDeductible.com and keep track of the stuff you donate. The last year I donated stuff from my parents' hoard, I got a $7,000.00 USD tax deduction (YMMV, please check tax deduction guidelines). Source: about 3 years ago