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Christopher Freeman
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Keene, NH
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Problems with Tenant Screening

Christopher Freeman
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Keene, NH
Posted

Hi All,

I have a rental applicant whom I would like to place in one of my shared housing rentals.

We strictly require all applicants to undergo a credit and background check. We feel that performing this step is particularly crucial from a liability perspective since we are placing unrelated individuals into a shared living space.

The applicant by all other metrics is a great catch. Very polite, proactive in the application process, had good references from previous landlord, has good/stable employment, and when I looked them up on Facebook their information matched everything on their application.

Unfortunately, they are not able to complete the screening due to a complete lack of credit history (young applicant with no credit cards or, evidently, student loans). We're able to compensate for that by requiring a co-signer (no double deposits allowed in NH), but the inability to validate identity on the screening platform through questions based on credit bureau records prevented him from being able to complete the eviction and criminal history screening. We're using ApplyConnect which is a CIC product.

Does anyone know of any services where we can do a background check without needing credit bureau ID validation?

What are some other things we can do in this scenario?

Thanks,

Chris

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