Plaid for property management
Faster approvals.
Reliable residents.
Accelerate lead-to-lease time, reduce bad debt, and approve qualified renters on the spot.
Fill vacancies faster
Speed up the lead-to-lease process with faster identity, income, and employment verification.
Reduce delinquencies
Stay clear of unpaid rent and bad debt with verified financial data that can’t be forged.
Get paid on time
Automate bank payments without the hassle of data entry errors, manual processing, and fraud.
Approve the right applicants faster
Our screening solution offers the fastest onboarding experience combined with identity and income verification to help you approve the right applicants—without the wait.
Identify reliable residents, faster
Speed up onboarding and confirm applicants are who they say they are with industry-leading identity verification that helps protect against AI-generated fraud.
Verify income in seconds
Instantly verify income directly from the source. Our flexible solution supports multiple methods so applicants can verify income their way.
Prevent rental fraud
Protect your properties and your bottom line. With advanced risk signals and AI-powered document checks, we help you spot fraudulent applications - from synthetic identities to tampered income statements.
Plaid’s advanced tools help us ensure applicants are who they say they are with a balance of speed and reliability, aligning with our company's commitment to innovation and excellence.
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Get paid online and on time
Make payments easier for everyone. Save hours chasing payments, cut costs, and reduce fraud with easy-to-set-up bank payment options for one-time or recurring transactions.
Authenticate any account
During onboarding, instantly verify account ownership and account information from over 12,000 financial institutions globally. Database validation or microdeposits enable users to verify however works best for them.
Prevent missed rental payments
Prevent missed payments with ML-powered ACH risk management tools. Assess the risk of every transaction to route to the best payment method.
Lower payment costs
Save an average of 40% on processing fees and avoid the delays, paperwork, and NSF fees that come with other payment methods.
Verify identities in as little as 10 seconds
Income verification for the U.S. workforce
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Your questions, answered
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What is a tenant screening API?
Property managers can embed financial and identity verification directly into rental application workflow via API. . This enables property platforms to access secure, permissioned data to verify a tenant’s identity, income, and cash flow history in real time. With Plaid, property managers can securely access bank-linked data and insights to streamline tenant screening and reduce reliance on manual documentation.
How do property management platforms integrate with Plaid?
Property management platforms integrate with Plaid through secure REST APIs and client SDKs. These tools allow applicants to verify their identity and connect their bank accounts within the leasing application flow, enabling instant bank authentication, income verification, and cash flow insights.
Plaid’s developer-friendly infrastructure makes it easy to embed financial verification directly into rental workflows while maintaining high security and compliance standards.
Can financial APIs support rental deposit and recurring rent payments?
Yes. Financial APIs can enable secure bank authentication and seamless setup of ACH payments for rental deposits and recurring rent collection. With Plaid, property platforms can authenticate bank accounts, reduce payment failures, and simplify recurring payment setup helping improve on-time payment rates and operational efficiency.
Why use Plaid for tenant verification instead of manual document review?
Manual document review can be slow, inconsistent, and vulnerable to fraud. Plaid replaces paper pay stubs and bank statements by enabling tenants to share their real-time, verified financial data directly from their bank account.
This approach helps reduce fraud risk, shorten application timelines, and create a smoother applicant experience—while giving property managers more reliable data for decision-making.
What role does cash flow data play in tenant screening?
Cash flow data provides a more complete picture of a tenant’s ability to consistently pay rent. Instead of relying solely on static income documents, property managers can evaluate recurring income, spending patterns, and balance trends. With Plaid’s cash flow insights, leasing teams can make more confident, data-driven decisions while maintaining a streamlined application experience.
