Landlord question regarding credit reports
 

For those of you who rent property, who do you use to run a credit report on your prospective tenants?

Thanks.

Two personal references, two work or school references, online Google/FB/LinkedIn search, bank statement if I still feel uncomfortable. No credit report. Judge the person, not a credit number.

The credit check service offered thru mrlandlord.com. I used to rent using only spdrun's method. I now use credit checks also. I wouldn't go without the credit checks anymore. I still judge the person and not the credit report. However you know a lot more about the person with a credit check.

experience keeps a dear school.

I should have added that any approval to run credit reports requires a visit to your 'office' by an inspector who will check to see that your files are under lock and key and you have a shredder. Cost $40 or $60 for the inspection I think and $10 per credit report.

Huh? Can you expand on this? Is this a CO thing? Where did ou find that requirement?

Why not run the report? If they are deep in hock, they might be more likely to try to skip out on you or "miss" a payment

Federal requirement. They check basic things, place to store reports under lock and key, computer with a password, etc

I use amerusa.net
Our family has been doing rentals for 25 years. We'd never go back to not checking credit reports.

Oh, yep, forgot the computer password thing.

After the mess I went through with our cabin, I will NEVER rent out anything again. :mad:

. . . to relatives.

Did you get those "people" out finally?

Does "qwerty" count as a password?

No, but "Equ1f4x15sat4n" does.

You rented to relatives with no contract. What did you expect? Why do you think I don't want to sell or buy from relatives?