{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Tangent: Conversations with Real Estate & Tech Innovators","title":"How to Evaluate a Tenant Screening Vendor, Impact of ROAD to Housing Act to SFR Investors, with Boom Co-founder Rob Whiting","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b1ee24f5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2371,"description":"Rob Whiting is the co-founder and CEO of Boom, a proptech company building the future of rental financial services for residential property managers across single-family rental, manufactured housing and multifamily. Boom's three products — Boom Report for rent reporting, Boom Screen for applicant underwriting, and Boom CRM for agentic leasing and self-showing — serve hundreds of thousands of doors and count American Homes 4 Rent and Manage America among their key partners. Before Boom, Rob founded ventures in healthcare and education, including Haystack Health, a telemedicine company, and a financial aid organization focused on FAFSA access. Rob is based in Austin, Texas.\n\n(02:55) Why Rob built Boom\n(05:44) The ROAD to Housing Act, explained\n(07:11) The 350-home cap & how institutions keep buying\n(14:01) Rent reporting as a compliance path\n(16:09) What Boom does & who it serves\n(17:44) Is screening a commodity? Data quality & hit logic\n(21:51) How to evaluate a tenant screening vendor\n(25:47) How the ManageAmerica partnership came together\n(30:00) Lessons from partnering with AMH Homes\n(32:48) Closing the leasing stack gap with Boom CRM\n(35:52) Coexisting with Yardi, RealPage, & AppFolio\n(37:40) Collaboration Superpower: Daniel Ek\n🏙️ Learn more:\n-Visit Boom\n-Rob Whiting on LinkedIn\n-SFR Leasing Operating System Boom Secures $15M Series A Funding","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-YHZE6bRMNW2StbHWA37yKC8rPSaG-5lcoCypLXXysM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MThl/NTMzYjY4ZGViZmJj/ODQ1ODkxODg1ODM2/M2M2Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}