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A background on the Background Screening Industry:

With over 1,000 screening companies to choose from, picking the right tenant screening service provider can feel like an overwhelming task. The internet advertises many quick-fixes, all-in-one solutions, that seem simple to access and offer very inexpensive products. Like most things in life, you get what you pay for.

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Of the many pitfalls and risks facing the individual real estate investor, few equal the devastating effects of fraud committed by tenants. Unlike their larger commercial counterparts in which the risk of rental fraud is spread across significant property holdings, the small landlord often faces financial ruin due to non-payment of rent, vandalism and criminal activity committed by tenants.

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Tenant Screening
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Tenant Credit Reports
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A pre-rental investigation, known colloquially as tenant screening, is a process of information gathering and evaluation by which a rental applicant is subject to in-depth scrutiny, to assist a landlord in determining eligibility for tenancy. At a bare-minimum, tenant screening should include a completed rental application without omissions, a tenant credit report, a background report, and a criminal report.

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A tenant credit report is perhaps the single most important tool available to landlords and should always be run before entering into a lease agreement. It contains valuable pedigree information (name, social security number, and addresses); liens, judgments, and bankruptcy history information; credit accounts (including balances, limits, when opened and closed, and amounts past due); and inquiries from entities considering extending credit to the subject.

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Background Reports
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Criminal Reports
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Background reports should always include an investigation into an applicant's identity, employment, and prior and current landlords. A rental application, completed in its entirety, provides a basis from which to begin. Contrast the information contained in the same with that found in the tenant credit report.

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Despite limitations in access to criminal records, and the absence of a federal depository of convictions available to those outside of law enforcement circles, criminal reports are still of value to landlords. The impact of criminal activity conducted in a property owned by an individual real estate investor, in terms of insurance premiums and legal fees, can be great.

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Eviction Reports

Eviction reports represent another valuable resource that property owners should avail themselves of. Landlord/tenant court filings are maintained at local and county levels of government. A number of information brokers compile eviction records, and offer county, state and nationwide searches to their clients.

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