New Resource for Landlords
I heard about it the other day - a fairly inexpensive resource a landlord can now use to do background checks on tenants. Of course, you still want to let them know and get permission - same as you do for a credit check - but here’s a new one: it’s at Public Data For just $25 a year, you get to check on your tenant applications and pull up their history. Pretty helpful.
Of course, you don’t want to substitute this for credit checks, because even though they don’t have a criminal record, they could still have a bad history of payments. Go find a mortgage broker who will pull credit files for you with payments - it shouldn’t cost more than $18.00 the last I checked.
These checks into tenant history are invaluable and should not be overlooked by landlords that do it themselves!
