| A rental background check can really save you a | | | | check can quickly and easily weed out the |
| lot of headaches if you are in the property | | | | deadbeats from the good renters. |
| management business. Have you ever had a | | | | Make sure you collect the following information on |
| tenant move in to your room or apartment for | | | | your rental application: |
| rent only to immediately stop paying and become | | | | 1. Name |
| a complete nuisance to you and your other | | | | 2. Previous addresses (and property manager |
| tenants? | | | | contacts) |
| This does not have to happen to you anymore. | | | | 3. Social Security Number (for credit check) |
| There are a plethora of cheap information | | | | 4. Any aliases the person has used in the past |
| services offering rental background check with | | | | 5. Personal references (to be used to track down |
| little out of pocket cost to you. How much in | | | | and serve bad apples if necessary). |
| terms of damage and loss rental income would | | | | 6. Reject anyone who refuses to give this |
| you save had you just done a quick tenant credit | | | | information. |
| and background check on your deadbeat tenant | | | | Once you have all this information you are armed |
| before handing him or her a set of keys. | | | | with all you need to do an effective rental |
| As a property manager you are probably all too | | | | background check. Use this application and |
| aware that more often than not the law falls on | | | | verification process consistently and you are |
| the side of the tenant and eviction can be a | | | | certain to get and retain good, honest, steady |
| costly and expensive process. It is all the more | | | | paying tenants. Further, the tenants you have will |
| imperative then that you adequately screen | | | | appreciate the absence of bad apples in your |
| tenants prior to acceptance of their rental | | | | complex or boarding house. |
| applications no? Doing a quick rental background | | | | |