Background Screening
Sue Goldthorp from Visulate shares some tips on how to screen new tenants
Your local clerk of courts website can be a useful source of information to find out about previous evictions, and local criminal activity. Official records can also provide details of mortgage deeds and bankcruptcies. Most counties have property appraiser websites where you can check landlord details and that the previous address a prospective tenant has given actually exists! Reverse telephone directory in White Pages can be used to verify landlord and employer details. The Family Watchdog Sex Offender Registry and US Search can be used to find previous addresses and perform crimial background checks. Direct Screening can be used to check that a prospective tenants SSN matches the name and addresses that they have given.