My brother and I have just started a joint venture of purchasing rental properties. He informed me that he would be in charge of all maintenance issues and that office duties and paperwork were my responsibility. Not that I want to do any maintenance, but I think I got the raw end of the deal.

I did a search on the Internet to find out exactly how to go about with tenant referencing, as this would be my first task. What I was looking for was a template that I could print out that would ask all the right questions.

As this is a big step for the both of us, tenant checks were going to be a big responsibility. I was not about to let my first big investment be destroyed just because I was not knowledgeable in what I was doing. I found what I was looking for and I am about to call in a few reference checks right now.