Screening
Create the package
Choose application fields, verification modules, payer model, and property criteria.
Fraud prevention
Rental fraud prevention starts before document review.
Document-fraud tools ask leasing teams to judge whether a file is real. Burnt reduces the file problem by verifying income and employment from source systems where available.
- 01Reduce fake documents
- 02Check identity consistency
- 03Label fallback evidence
- 04Prioritize review
Short answer
How can landlords prevent rental application fraud?
Rental application fraud prevention means reducing opportunities for applicants to submit edited, stale, synthetic, or mismatched information. Burnt focuses on source verification, identity consistency, and review flags so teams do not have to treat every pay stub as a forensic project.
Screening workflow
The whole flow fits on one line.
Create the package, send the link, guide the renter, review the result. That simple path keeps screening understandable for applicants and manageable for teams.
Send the link
Invite the applicant by email, SMS, listing, dashboard action, or connected workflow.
Applicant completes
The renter consents, verifies identity, connects sources, and completes requested partner steps.
Review one package
Your team sees status, source-backed facts, partner context, exceptions, and notes together.
Product jobs
Clear work for the team. Clear steps for the renter.
The point is not just to run checks. The product has to help the buyer start screening, help the applicant finish, and help the reviewer understand what is ready.
Property team does
Use source verification for income and employment instead of asking first for editable PDFs.
Applicant does
Check identity, income, employment, and application fields for consistency.
Burnt returns
Route mismatches, unsupported sources, and document fallbacks to review instead of slowing every applicant.
In the product
The package stays connected from invite to review.
Reviewers get status and exceptions in the dashboard. Renters get focused mobile steps. The handoff stays visible as the package moves forward.
Review signals
What your team can review.
Burnt keeps the screening output compact, scannable, and tied to the workflow your team actually uses.
Income and employment source match
Identity-to-source consistency
Document fallback and exception status
Fraud review reason codes
How it works
From application link to reviewable result.
Avoid the easiest forgery
Use source verification for income and employment instead of asking first for editable PDFs.
Compare the applicant story
Check identity, income, employment, and application fields for consistency.
Escalate exceptions
Route mismatches, unsupported sources, and document fallbacks to review instead of slowing every applicant.
Use cases
Designed for real rental workflows.
Whether you run one unit or a national portfolio, each workflow keeps the answer focused and the next step clear.
- Pay-stub fraud
- Edited bank statements
- Synthetic identity review
- Portfolio fraud queues
FAQ
Questions this page answers.
Tenant Screening by Burnt
Send the link. Guide the renter. Review one package.
Launch with screening links or talk through a portfolio workflow with the Burnt team.