Getting a current credit report before buying a Note

[Sean M.]

The to be unnamed credit reporting agency is giving me grief about pulling a credit report on a creditor for a note I don't own (which is fair enough I suppose).  It's my first, so what is the usual practice?  Am I being unreasonable to ask the vendor to pull a current report and send it to me?  I'm sure the contracts permit potential assignees to pull a credit report, but I can't show the agency as everything is under a CA. 

Thanks