Landlords may conduct basic tenant checks to ensure new tenants follow rental rules, pose no risk to the property, and can pay rent on time. Checks can include verifying occupancy status, running a credit check, and speaking with previous owners or employers. Some landlords may conduct more elaborate checks, including criminal history research. Real estate companies may also be involved in background checks. Property applications provide information about tenant behavior and can help verify basic facts.
A basic tenant check can be simple or elaborate depending on the landlord’s needs and previous experience. Most landlords want to make sure that new tenants follow established rental rules, pose no risk to the property through their behavior, and will be able to pay rent in a timely manner. Sometimes landlords already know about renters and will rent them out without doing a tenant background check.
When a landlord is working with someone they don’t know, it may be easier to check the tenant’s history information. Quite often, checking tenants can simply consist of verifying occupancy status, checking with previous owners, and running a credit check. Landlords usually must seek permission to speak with employers or previous owners, and must also have written permission to access a person’s personal credit report. Often prospective tenants will pay the fee to have your credit checked, so they are well aware that your credit rating is a potential consideration.
Sometimes a tenant background check can be considerably more elaborate. Landlords can look for criminal history, although this is difficult to do unless the landlord knows all the places where the person has previously resided. It is possible to search public courts in most countries to find evidence of crimes committed, but this can be time consuming. Unless the rental property is of extremely high value, a tenant background check that includes criminal history research is relatively rare.
Some landlords assign a real estate company to do background checks. Even if they are not part of the “core” landlords or real estate companies, they can make observations and judgments about prospective renters. They may notice things like the type of vehicles driven, the behavior or behavior of claimants, and any claims that appear inconsistent. Not all real estate companies spend a lot of time talking to prospective renters, and some just ask for rental inquiries and permission to run a credit check.
Property applications go a long way in doing a background check of tenants. They provide information about tenant behavior to previous landlords, can help determine if a tenant smokes, and usually list the names and ages of all occupants of the property. The names of previous employers and owners are usually provided by the prospective tenant, which can help verify the basic facts. Landlords may request a little more information, such as bank statements if a person is not an employee or self-employed.
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