Refusal to Provide Social Security on Application - Can't run credit and background report!

[Hassan Mahmood]

Hey all, 

I just purchased a two bedroom condo in Atlanta, GA and this is my first real estate purchase and I am trying to rent out one of the bedrooms. I recently met someone who is interested in renting the bedroom, but when I sent him an application which asked for his personal information (i.e. SSN) so that I could run a background and credit check as well as a national eviction search, he refused.

Instead, he sent me the application with a copy of the background and credit check reports he ran himself. Is this something I should accept? Is there a way to verify that the reports are accurate? What else can I do in this situation?

Thanks for your help.