What is your favorite tenant screening service?

[Alice K.]

Hello All,

Was searching online but haven't seen a recent thread/post in a while on this and since these services change often would love to hear what you use when screening tenants.
Ideal features:

• Credit report (preferably of an actual credit bureau)
• Criminal check 
• Eviction check
• Option for me to fill in the tenant's data myself (many residents around this area are more comfortable with paper / phone than using the internet.)
• Preferably $35 or less (so I'm not charging potential residents an arm and a leg)

Services I've heard of but have yet to try:

• Cozy.co <-- No ability for me to enter the tenant's data
• Houserie <-- This one seems promising. Do people trust this?
• On-site.com <-- Referred by a local but $40 for everything these days.
• Transunion / Experian service <-- Seems to require tenants to fill out form 

Many thanks in advance for any advice in this realm!

Alice

[Johann Jells]

Apparently the one I use is obscure, MrLandlord.com. I've used them for over a decade and been perfectly happy.  Here's a cut and paste from their site. Only catch is that I had to pay for a office site inspection to show I had a locked file and a shredder. But the $15 is cheap enough that I don't usually charge an applicant, I figure it's just part of the turnover cost.

Best Deal - Complete TransUnion Credit, Eviction and Criminal Combo ......................$24.95 per applicant 1. TransUnion Credit Report w/ FICO Score 2. Two National Eviction Reports Includes: Sex Offender, Terrorist, Most Wanted Criminal 3. Instant National Criminal Search. Instant search is not available for the following states: WY, SD, MA and DE.
Good Deal - Essential TransUnion Credit & Eviction Combo .........................................$14.95 per applicant 1. TransUnion Credit Report w/ FICO score 2. Two National Eviction Reports Includes: Sex Offender, Terrorist, Most Wanted Criminal