No. You make the decision using your own criteria and your local legal obligations. Burnt returns source-verified income and employment alongside partner reports; it never scores, ranks, or recommends applicants.
For landlords
Screen tenants with one link, not five tools.
One screening link replaces your credit pull, background check, and income chase. Every result returns in a single package, so you decide from the whole picture — and applicants finish in minutes, before slow screening costs you a good tenant.
One link. One package. One decision.
One link runs the whole screening.
You choose the checks once and send each applicant one link. They finish on their phone, and everything lands back in your dashboard as a single package.
Built to replace the stack, not add to it.
Most landlords assemble screening from a credit tool, a background vendor, and a trail of income follow-ups. Burnt runs every check from one dashboard and returns one file, so your time goes to the decision, not the assembly.
One dashboard for everything
Send every screening and review every result in one place. No separate credit login, background vendor, or income follow-up thread per applicant — one link out, one package back.
The whole risk picture
Credit, background, and eviction reports from FCRA-regulated partners land beside verified income and employment. You weigh the complete file at once and decide faster, against your own criteria.
Applicants who finish
The flow runs on a phone and typically takes minutes, not days of back-and-forth. Good applicants apply to several rentals at once — slow screening is how they end up signing somewhere else.
No pay stubs to second-guess
Income and employment are confirmed at the payroll source rather than from pay stubs, so that part of the package arrives verified — nothing for you to inspect or second-guess.
93%
of rental operators experienced application fraud in the past 12 months
NMHC Pulse Survey, 2024
38%
of property managers found fraud only after the tenant moved in
TransUnion, 2023
84%
of rental operators saw falsified pay stubs or income documents in the past 12 months
NMHC Pulse Survey, 2024Pay per screening, not per seat.
One full package covers source-verified income and employment, identity, and partner credit, background, and eviction: $39.99 per applicant, $20 during beta. Sending applications is free, and portfolio terms are custom.
Short answer
How does tenant screening work for landlords?
Tenant screening for landlords typically combines credit, background, and eviction reports with income and employment verification, reviewed against criteria the landlord sets. Burnt runs all of it from one link: the applicant finishes on their phone, FCRA-regulated partners supply credit, background, and eviction reports, and income and employment are verified at the payroll source. The complete package is typically ready minutes after the applicant connects, so the landlord reviews a single file and decides.
Frequently asked questions.
Send the link.
Guide the renter.
Review one package.
Launch with screening links or talk through a portfolio workflow with the Burnt team.
