Sunday, June 3, 2018

Do Not Make The Mistake Of Not Doing A Landlord Tenant Credit Check

By Donald Reed


There is such a thing as bad residents, and if you are a new property owner you should be careful. You don t want people who will skip payments, who will also have no regard for rules and lastly those who will damage the place. How do you protect yourself from this? By conducting a Landlord Tenant Credit Check. You need to know who you are dealing with and if they will do as they promise.

The record will tell you the truth about how they manage their finances. It will also mention the things that they are choosing to keep from you. This is not out of sheer nosiness, you do this to uncover the information that you need, to allow them to rent on your property. Not having this information could cost you lots of money.

A report of this nature will also confirm that your potential residents are who they say they are. You will be able to verify their names, addresses if they are married as well as their employment status and social security number. So basically all the information they give you, whether true or false. You will know if something is not right from the get-go.

It will show you their account history. The accounts they currently have, how long they have had them and limits on those accounts. You can also get information on their credit cards. Another more crucial element is the loans they have taken out or applied for. Whether it is a mortgage on a house or some student loans from back then. You can be notified and you will have a clear view of who they are.

Should there be someone else who has done a similar report on them, you will be notified. Obviously, they were searching for apartments somewhere else. If those landlords or their previous ones paid for this, you will get to see it. This might help you conclude and make your decision quickly. If others like you did something similar and approved them. It may be shown that they can be trusted with not damaging the premises.

You can t do this without their permission, so don t think you are going to be sneaky about it. They will need to give a few details to do this. Things like their social security numbers, full names, addresses etc. For this to happen you must get permission that is documented. You can have this separately or it can be part of the contract you need to be filled in. This is how you ensure that it is by the book.

This information is for you to use responsibly. What you do with should be within the law, access to it is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Like all things the more details you seek the more money, you should need to pay. Some landlords prefer to utilize the specific resident s rent deposit to do this. Taking money out from your own pocket may feel like too much. So why not use that money.

This is a way to make certain that you don t get into a sticky situation. From this information, you can deduce whether this person will be able to make their monthly payments.




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