About RENU Property Management

With operations spanning 30+ markets across 17 states and a growing portfolio of 2,000+ units, RENU Property Management is a dynamic player in the build-to-rent (BTR) and single-family rental (SFR) space. Most of their portfolio is BTR homes, with the remainder scattered single-family homes — positioning RENU at the intersection of two of today's most competitive rental markets.

RENU is a full-vertical solution for BTR and SFR property, asset, and community management, serving owners, investors, clients, and renters at once. As they scale, so do the demands on their operational systems — making sophisticated tooling for automating workflows, reporting metrics, and streamlining communication essential.

‍

Building operational efficiency with robust tenant screening

‍

At the center of RENU's complexity is tenant screening — critical to protecting owners' assets, maximizing leasing velocity, and optimizing the resident experience.

‍

"In every market, no matter what, we need to make sure that potential residents have an easy time figuring out what they need to be qualified to rent with us and can follow through the screening process without friction."

‍

RENU serves a diverse set of owners, each with their own strategy — some focused on minimizing risk, others on filling vacancies. When the team set out to find a new screening platform, they needed configurable qualification standards, flexible tooling, and a seamless integration into their tech stack.

‍

Finding the right screening solution with Boom

BoomScreen stood out as the only platform that could deliver flexibility, automation, and transparency at RENU's scale:

• User-friendly configurability through screening templates and criteria settings
• Time-saving automations that free leasing teams to focus on resident relationships
• Robust data and analytics that let them "pull back the curtains and explore decisioning further when needed"
• Flexible integrations for their existing and future tech ecosystem
• Extensive criteria settings to fit each client's unique requirements

Features built for growth

Boom didn't just meet RENU where they were — they built alongside them as they expanded.

Property groups

‍

"Not only do we need to stay flexible for all of our clients because we have so many properties, we need to make sure the right screening criteria applies to the right property group. Boom made that easy with property groups. We set it once and it flows like fish in a stream. Property groups let us assign permissions and divide applications among our leasing team, so when a leasing agent logs in, they only see the applications right in front of them."

‍

Criteria-based recommendations

‍

"Some of our clients are more prescriptive in what defines an approval or conditional approval. Boom enables rule sets and criteria settings tailored to each owner's goals, without disrupting our overall process."

‍

Recommendation explanations

‍

"Our teams have a much easier time navigating screening results. Being able to click a simple 'Explain recommendation' button to understand why an applicant did or didn't meet the criteria is far more efficient than remembering the nuanced requirements across multiple properties."

‍

Screening trends analysis

‍

"We're going to use screening data from BoomScreen to help our clients make good decisions about their properties. Based on issues we see, we can ask, 'Do we need to tighten criteria, or loosen them?' That kind of analysis is a huge value add."

‍

Proactive feature development

‍

"Boom has been proactive in coming to the table with solutions. The team says, 'Here's how we're thinking about this — is this how you'd want it to work?' That kind of collaboration is rare."

‍

Built for build-to-rent

BTR communities are a hybrid of multifamily complexes and single-family homes — consolidated rentals, townhomes, or duplex communities under a single manager. BoomScreen solves for the nuances that come with them:

• Easily transfer applications — with many similar layouts in one community, RENU can move an application to another unit if the original is leased, or merge applications as needed.
• Community identity and branding — RENU can customize application design to match each community's branding, supporting the storytelling their clients increasingly prioritize.

‍

"The BTR market is changing so quickly and growing so quickly. I feel comfortable that Boom will let me be as flexible as I need to be in order to market these properties."

‍

Onboarding and support: a true partnership

RENU took a phased rollout — testing in controlled markets before a portfolio-wide launch. Paired with Boom's hands-on support, implementation was seamless.

‍

"After trying a variety of other screening tools and ultimately being let down, we wanted to take a step-by-step approach. The Boom team was really wonderful in meeting us where we were at. We tested in a few markets, so the full rollout felt like snapping our fingers — Boom had already helped us do the heavy lifting.""The tech side has been fast to fix issues — and even faster to reach out to AppFolio or Rently on our behalf. That gives me a lot of comfort as we grow."

‍

The results

Based on an analysis of 4,160 applicants processed across the same period in 2024 and 2025, RENU decreased time to decision by 64% after switching to BoomScreen — from 2.12 days to 0.76 days, saving 1.37 days per application:

• 64% faster time to decision — from 2.12 days to under a day (0.76)
• Configurable, client-by-client screening via property groups and rule-based recommendations
• Faster team review with "Explain recommendation" and organized results
• Flexible for build-to-rent — easy application transfers and branded community applications
• Seamless AppFolio + Rently integration, actively maintained by the Boom team
• Phased, low-lift rollout with hands-on onboarding support

‍

"If someone is looking to get in early with a software that will grow with them, Boom is a great solution. They don't have every answer up front — but they listen, they build, and they move fast."

‍

About RENU

RENU Management is the future of build-to-rent and single-family rental management. Their full-vertical solutions encompass all aspects of property management — Acquisition, Construction, Asset Management, Property Management, and Community Management — across 30+ markets nationwide.

About Boom

Boom is the financial services infrastructure powering modern rental operations. Boom provides property managers across multifamily, single-family, and manufactured housing with BoomScreen (configurable tenant screening and underwriting with fraud detection and income verification) and BoomReport (automated rent reporting to all three credit bureaus). The Boom Platform integrates with major property management systems to help reduce fraud, increase leasing velocity, drive on-time payments, and grow revenue, while serving renters through the Boom App to build credit and improve financial health.