What can I reveal as reason for denial?

[Michael Nahm]

I recently had to reject a potential tenant due Their credit report, specifically, a couple of accounts are in collections.

In the message I sent, informing of the denial, I simply wrote that the denial is having to do with their credit report.

The potential tenant sent a message claiming to have a stellar background.

My question is, whether I could (or should) provide the specifics and inform them of the accounts in collections or would that open up a new can of worms.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Aaron K.]

It's their credit report, if something is wrong they need to fix it, I'd probably tell them and or tell them to look up their credit report for free on their own.