How Can I Check a Tenant Credit History?

You are in the business – whether full-time or part-time – of offering one or more rental properties. Your goal, of course, is to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. At the same time, you want to ensure any potential tenant will, responsibly, pay the rent amount, on time.
 

Some landlords make the mistake of not checking a tenant’s credit history – don’t be one of them! Not vetting your rental applicants can leave you wide open to all sorts of unintended consequences that can fill your life with unnecessary stress and misery.
 

Filling a vacancy too quickly, without checking a tenant’s credit history or doing a background check, is not only unwise, it can be unsafe. If a questionable criminal history is listed on an applicant’s background report, your current tenants and your rental property could be at risk.
 

If you have asked yourself, “How can I check the credit history of a tenant?”, the ease and efficiency of addressing that all-important question is found, right here! Your goal is to safeguard your property, optimize the welfare of your current tenants, and be in the glorious position of collecting rent money in full, on time, every time. Efficiency meets that need!

Efficiency Promotes Smart Landlording

Through the efficiency tool, independent landlords and property managers can:
 

1. Check an applicant’s credit history and background-check report, within minutes, at no cost
2. Automate time-consuming, manual tasks related to tenant-screening – efficiency is optimized
3. Sign up for free – your credit card is not needed
4. Reduce vacancy periods – $$ saved
5. Store tenant documents, securely
6. Obtain report results on any device – 24/7
 

A credit history and a background-check report are critical components of wise landlording! This type of vital insight, quickly, narrows down your search for that ‘perfect candidate’. Finding responsible tenants means you can sleep at night feeling confident your property will be respected and the ‘rent due’ guidelines will be respected, as well. Efficiency acts as your layer of protection against the unintended consequences of filling a vacancy and bypassing the vetting process.

How Do I Gather a Tenant’s Credit History/Background Check?

Efficiency allows independent property managers or landlords, such as yourself, to collect online applications and comprehensive tenant screening reports, at no cost – that’s right, no cost. Efficiency is your landlording tool designed to gather all the information you want and need, with seamless ease.
 

The process is as simple as 1-2-3:
 

Step #1: Create a free efficiency account to initiate the tenant background check

Creating an account is so easy – Sign up now, and in less than two minutes, you’re ready! And remember: independent landlords and property managers don’t pay a penny to gather the online rental applications, credit histories, and background-check reports that help them make informed decisions.
 

Step #2: Invite potential tenants to apply

With your efficiency account established, you are ready to invite tenants to fill out the user-friendly online rental application. Efficiency allows you to invite tenants to apply for your rental property, and it takes 30 seconds, or less! It’s quick; it’s easy! Take a moment to view this short video – it sums up efficiency’s simplified process regarding tenant invitations.
 

Step #3: Review the results of the tenant-background check

Once your prospective tenant completes the application and tenant background check, you will be notified and can view the results on your efficiency dashboard – within minutes!
 

The tenant background-check report will include a credit report, criminal report, and eviction report that you can access and view from any device. Isn’t it reassuring to know that anywhere, at any time, concerning anyone, you can quickly analyze the vital data you need to make that critical decision concerning the tenant who would be best suited for your valued investment?