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Applicant doesn't want his credit pulled.
I have an applicant that doesn't want to pull his credit (doesn't want to take the hit for a hard credit check). They are offering me a report from Rentspree that THEY ran. I would still follow up with the employer for the paystubs and do background check on my own.
Should I budge or insist on the current protocol which is me running credit myself?
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@Conner Hitchcock This is a hard NO. Stick to your underwriting criteria, period.
This is a sign of a "bad tenant." Someone who gives you a hard time about something as simple as running a credit check will give you all sorts of problems and headaches down the road.
It's not about the credit check. It's about having a reasonable tenant who adheres to basic landlording practices.