good (inexpensive) credit/background check for prospect tenants

[George Marinov]

Hello friends,

Can you please suggest a good ( and inexpensive) web site where I can check a prospect tenant's credit history and background . What do you guys usually check? 

Thank you

[Michele Fischer]

Check to see if Ohio has a state landlord association.  Our state has one with a $20/person fee to get criminal, credit (not the score, but the details and a "fitness score"), and they phone to verify income source.  That is a great price.  We do have to use their application form.

If someone moves in later (roommate, boyfriend, etc) we only run a criminal check, which we run through the state patrol.  Example: http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm

Another reasonable option is http://www.aaacredit.net/, we were happy with them before we found out state option.

In my opinion you need to know prior addresses and debt/judgement, both from the credit report, and a solid criminal check.