I ran a check on one of my prospects for the office space and the service returned as 'Decline' because of a criminal record on file that happened 22 years ago for possession of a control substance.What would you do in this case, for a residential customer I would have simply declined , but for a office space , with small enough rent, should I take a risk of rent it to him?

Aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications -- pulled reports from TransUnion, which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications -- pulled reports from TransUnion, which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

@Federico Peralta correct me if I'm wrong but it was just criminal checks I believe. 

Those are the kind of rentals that attract bad tenants.You can dramatically reduce that number by posting a statement that you will require a credit / criminal background screening on all adults 18 years and older.

But you can do a docket search in the website below to see what you can findhttps://ujsportal.pacourts.us/CaseInformation.aspxI would check the Magisterial District Courts and also the Criminal Courts of Common Plea. 

@Nate Marshall Oakland California just voted to ban criminal background checks on Tenants

@George Owusu what’s criminal about it?

In addition, ask about important factors like pets, children, smoking, and criminal history

An update / closure on this post.I decided to move forward with renting to this applicant as she met all my criteria (3x rent, no evictions, no criminal history, good references, decent credit, etc.).