Retrieve references from previous landlords and from their employers.
Have the tenant agree to a credit check. You can also do a rent guarantee with some credit check companies.
Go round the property with the tenant to check the inventory and for both of you to sign and date it. If more then one person is renting the property make sure that all sign and date it. This should be done on the day of tenants moving in.
Make sure ALL tenants sign and date the assured shorthold tenancy agreement. So that if one defaults on payment for the rent the remaining tenants are responsible to make up the difference so that you are paid in full.

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