Tenant Fraud, Credit Scores & Zillow's Power Play w/ Boom CEO Rob Whiting

Peter Lohmann's Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 56m

https://www.boompay.app/ - Why do most property managers require exactly 3x rent in income? Because nobody has actually tested it. In this episode, I'm joined by Rob Whiting, Co-Founder & CEO of Boom, to dig into the state of tenant screening.

00:00 - Intro

01:57 - Credit scores and their validity to tenant screening

10:20 - The Boom product environment

15:34 - The lack of data in tenant screening

21:39 - The state of tenant fraud

28:25 - Income verification

30:21 - The Boom elevator pitch

37:05 - Leasing, showing & listing

42:56 - Syndicating listings with Zillow

49:06 - Why Boom isn’t on…