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The fields needed for the screening package they requested: completion status, income and employment details verified at the source, partner-report status, and any review flags. They never see your passwords or your full account history. Once each step shows complete, the property can review your application without asking you for anything more.

You sign in to your own provider in a secure session, and your credentials are never shared with the property team. The property receives the verified result, not your raw account data. If a login screen ever looks off, stop and email support@burnt.com before continuing.

The same flow covers W-2, 1099, gig, and contractor income. Sign in to the platform or account where you get paid. If your source is not available, you can connect a bank account or use the document-upload fallback so your application keeps moving.

Credit, background, and eviction reports come from FCRA-regulated partners, and disputes about their accuracy go directly to the partner that produced the report. The report or notice should identify that partner and its dispute instructions.

Email support@burnt.com for questions about the Burnt screening flow, a failed connection, or a stuck status. Include the property name, the email you used, and the step where things went wrong. For consumer-report accuracy questions, follow the partner dispute path listed in the report or notice.

Either side can. Many operators pass the fee to the applicant, collected by card inside the application flow; others absorb it as an operating cost. Mind state limits: New York caps applicant screening fees at $20, so check your market before passing fees through.

Sending applications is free. The full screening package is $39.99 per applicant, marked down to $20 during the launch beta. It covers source-verified income and employment, identity, and partner credit, background, and eviction. Portfolio pricing is custom for larger operators. The fee can be paid by the applicant or the operator, subject to state caps on application fees.

Document review judges a file after the applicant submits it. Source verification removes the file: the applicant logs in to their payroll or bank account and the data arrives straight from the system that holds it, with nothing to edit or forge. The stakes are real: 93% of rental operators experienced application fraud in the past year, and 84% saw falsified pay stubs or income documents (NMHC, 2024).

One link, one session. The applicant reviews what will be checked, consents, completes identity steps, and connects their payroll or bank account in a secure session, usually on their phone. They log in directly with the source; credentials are never shared with the landlord or property manager, and source-verified steps need no document gathering or follow-up email chase to slow the application down.

No. Every step is applicant-initiated: the applicant sees which checks the property requires and consents before anything runs. Partner credit, background, and eviction reports carry their own consent and disclosure requirements as well.

Yes. Source verification handles W-2 payroll, 1099 platforms, and contractor income in one flow, because it works wherever the applicant can log in rather than only with employers on a pre-integrated list. Gig and contractor applicants move through the same application as everyone else, and your risk picture covers the income they actually earn.

They get a fallback, not a dead end. Applicants without a usable login are routed to a document-upload fallback so the application keeps moving, and fallback evidence is labeled in the package so your team always knows what was source-verified and what was not.

It removes the slowest steps. The applicant connects once, the checks run in the background, and your team reviews one finished package in one dashboard instead of chasing documents, calling employers, and cross-checking attachments over days of back-and-forth. Faster for the applicant, fewer touches for the leasing team.

You do. Burnt never scores, ranks, or recommends applicants. It returns verified results and partner reports side by side with the criteria your team configures, so every application is reviewed against the same standard, and the leasing decision, plus any adverse-action steps it triggers, stays with the property team. Keeping criteria and review context steady supports a consistent, reviewable process; it does not replace your decision or your counsel.

The verified result, not the raw material. Applicants log in directly with their payroll or bank provider, credentials are never shared with the landlord or property manager, and no pay stubs or bank statements accumulate in your inbox. For source-verified steps there is no file cabinet of applicant PII on your side to breach, and Burnt never sells or brokers applicant data.

It depends on the module. Credit, background, and eviction data comes from FCRA-regulated partners, and disputes about that information go directly to the partner identified in the report or notice. Questions about the Burnt flow itself, like a stalled connection or a consent question, go to Burnt support.

No. Burnt is not a consumer reporting agency. Credit, background, and eviction modules are powered by FCRA-regulated partners, while Burnt provides the source-verification workflow, applicant experience, operator dashboard, criteria display, and audit trail.