credit & back round checks?

[Justin Reader]

New to being a landlord. Im looking for information on the process of pulling a tenants credit and doing a back round check.

How do I pull credit and how long does the process take?

[Mike McCarthy]

@Justin Reader use a service like Apartments.com or Zillow.

Potential renters fill out an online application, pay $30-40, and pull their own credit and background checks which you have access to. Nice and secure and easy.

Be sure to read up on your state’s laws. Most are pretty consistent, but a few have weird laws about who can pay for those checks (MA) and some have oddities about what factors you can or can not take into account when accepting/declining tenants (WA, CA (I think))