Approve the right applicants right away.

Applicants apply on their phone. Every check runs against your criteria at once, the AI leasing agent chases what's missing, and your team decides only the exceptions.

  • 4 hrsaverage time to reply to a new applicant
  • 94%of applications completed
Ian Smith

“With Venn, our team is able to move through and get people leases the exact same day, sometimes within an hour.”

Ian Smith, Director of Strategic Growth, Innovation, and ExperienceCharney Companies
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Screening built on a Company Brain

  1. 01

    Every check in one pass

    Identity, income, credit, eviction, criminal, and rental history are verified together and held to your criteria the same way every time. You see what was checked, where it came from, and the result.

  2. 02

    Keep every applicant on track

    The AI leasing agent from the tour stays with them. It texts when they stall, collects what's missing, and invites roommates and guarantors. No portal, no app.

  3. 03

    Fewer applications need a person

    When your team decides an edge case, save it as guidance in your Company Brain. The next recommendation follows it, so the pile that needs a manual review keeps shrinking.

Ask Atlas whether your exceptions pay off

Atlas sees every screening decision next to the resident ledger, so you can tell which exceptions were worth making.

Why application & screening belongs on your Company Brain

A screening tool sees one application. Your Company Brain sees the renter from first inquiry to move-in.

ComparedScreening point solutionApplication & Screening on your Company Brain
Applicant recordIts own copy, synced to your PMSSynced with your PMS: one record from first inquiry through the life of their lease
Where applicants applyA separate link to upload documentsThe same conversation as their tour
After approvalStops at the decisionCarries into the lease and move-in
Questions you can askOnly about screeningAcross leasing, payments, and residents

Your criteria, applied to every applicant

You write the rules once. The AI leasing agent applies them the same way every time, and your team decides the exceptions.

AI leasing agent

  • Checks each application against your written criteria
  • Recommends approve, conditions, or decline, with the reasons
  • Approves applications that clearly meet your criteria, if you turn it on
  • Follows up on missing documents and unfinished applications
  • Prepares adverse-action reasons for any decline

What the agent handles

Your team

  • The criteria, by location
  • Whether a person signs off on every decision
  • Every exception the agent can't decide
  • Any override, with the reason logged
  • Which past decisions become guidance

What your team decides

Ready to deploy on your Company Brain

  • Apply on any device

    A mobile browser application, with no app to download. Pets and add-ons too.

  • Quotes from live pricing

    Rent and fees pulled straight from your PMS pricing, or from market rent.

  • ID verification

    Photo ID matched to a selfie, and re-run without starting the application over.

  • Income and assets

    Verified from bank and payroll, with savings counted for renters who need it. If an applicant can't connect, your team can request pay stubs or an offer letter and review them on the application.

  • Credit, criminal, eviction, rental

    Credit, criminal, eviction, and rental history in one application.

  • Sanctions screening

    Every applicant is checked against the OFAC sanctions list automatically.

  • Co-applicants and guarantors

    Each person gets their own invite and finishes on their own phone.

  • Decisions with reasons

    Reason codes and adverse-action notices, with rules set for each location.

  • Approve with protection

    Turn a decline into a yes with a guarantor, deposit alternative, or insurance.

  • Corporate applications

    One application for a company leasing several units, with a lease for each.

    About corporate applications
  • Synced to your PMS

    Applicants, decisions, and charges land in your PMS without re-entry.

  • Something missing?

    Our forward deployed engineers build the features your team needs, fast.

    Build it with us

Connected to the tools you already use

Questions about Application & Screening

What is Venn Application & Screening?

Venn Application & Screening is the rental application and resident screening on your Company Brain. Applicants apply and verify on their phone, Venn's AI reviews each application against your rental criteria, and approved applicants sign their lease in the same flow. It covers what standalone resident screening software does, on the same record as your leasing, leases, and residents.

How does AI resident screening work?

When an application is complete, Venn's AI checks ID, income, assets, credit, criminal, and eviction history against your rental criteria and recommends a decision with the reasons. You choose whether a person approves every decision or the AI approves the clear ones.

Do applicants have to download an app?

No. Applicants apply, verify, and sign their lease in a mobile-friendly web browser, from a link or your property website. Your app only comes in after the lease is signed, when they start their move-in checklist.

How is Venn different from other resident screening tools?

Most screening tools add a check on top of your PMS application and stop at approval. Venn runs the whole flow, from quote to application to screening to signed lease, so applicants use one link and your team doesn't re-type results.

How do I choose resident screening software?

Look for four things: one application link instead of a second screening site, decisions that follow your own criteria with clear reasons, results that sync to your PMS without re-typing, and a path from approval to a signed lease. Venn Application & Screening covers all four.

What is the business impact?

Faster approvals mean less vacancy loss: approving applicants a day sooner is worth about $25,600 a year for a 1,000-unit portfolio at $1,900 average rent. Each 0.1-point drop in bad debt is worth about $22,800 a year at that size, and retiring a legacy leasing system saves about $12,000 a year.

How fast can applicants be approved?

Venn's AI reviews an application as soon as it's complete, so clear applicants can hear yes the same day. One operator on Venn responds to applicants in about 4 hours, compared with the typical 24 to 72 hours.

How does Venn support fair housing practices?

Every applicant is screened against the same written criteria, every decision keeps its reasons on record, and declines include adverse-action reasons. Your team reviews exceptions, and any override is logged with the reason.

What checks does it run?

ID verification, income and asset verification from the applicant's bank, and credit, criminal, and eviction checks. Each application is scored on 33 factors against your rental criteria, with adverse-action reasons for any denial.

Does it help prevent application fraud?

Yes. Applicants verify their identity and connect their bank or payroll account for income instead of uploading documents, which makes fake paystubs and edited PDFs much harder to use.

Does the AI make the final decision?

Only if you choose. The AI recommends approve or decline with the reasons, and you decide whether a person signs off on every decision or the AI approves applications that clearly meet your criteria. Your team reviews every exception and can override any recommendation, with the reason logged.

Does the AI learn from my team?

Yes, with your approval. When someone decides an edge case, you can save that decision as guidance in your Company Brain, and future recommendations follow it.

Does it work with Yardi and RealPage?

Yes. Pricing, units, and quotes stay in sync with Yardi and RealPage, and buildings without a PMS can still quote and take applications.

Can gig workers and applicants with more than one income qualify?

Yes. Applicants choose how they earn, including gig, self-employed, retired, student, or international, and can add every income stream. They connect payroll or a bank account, or upload pay stubs, W-2s, or 1099s, which are checked for edits before they count. Guarantors apply in the same flow, and your team can complete a step for an applicant when needed.

Can a company apply for several units?

Yes. Corporate applications cover several units at once, with business credit checks, a lease per unit, and portal access for the company's contact.

About corporate applications

What happens after an applicant is approved?

The lease is generated from the application with the unit, rent, and add-ons already filled in. After signing, the applicant's details carry into move-in and their resident profile.

See Application & Screening in a demo

We'll walk through one application from quote to signed lease.

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