What is Venn Application & Screening?
Venn Application & Screening is AI resident screening and rental application software for apartment operators. 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.
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.