Oakland votes to bar landlords from conducting background checksMarisa KendallPUBLISHED: January 21, 2020 at 1:20 pm | UPDATED: January 22, 2020 at 10:04 amCategories:Business, California News, Crime & Courts, Latest Headlines, News, Politics, Real EstateOakland on Tuesday moved to become the first city in the state to ban landlords from investigating the criminal history of renters applying for both public and private housing.The Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, which the City Council passed unanimously Tuesday evening, will prohibit landlords from rejecting a potential tenant because of a prior criminal conviction.

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If the float (capital outlay between draws) is $10K, but they can't show $10K in cash from any source, that's a problem.Of course, you want to know your borrower isn't a criminal or have a history of fraud.When you back out what you need, your list for due diligence becomes apparent. 

https://sf.curbed.com/2020/1/23/21078782/oakland-background-check-renters-criminal-fair-chanceI am of course opposed for obvious reasons.

@Bjorn AhlbladIt looks like I may be able to do a screening through Experian or Trans Union, but after a significant amount of Googling, I’m not sure there is a way to do a criminal background check on him.

That's your risk profile for legal recourse and recovery.As far as any risk profile that you will have for blight violations or quasi-criminal proceedings like property code regulations, you won't be as protected as an individual as you would be in a business entity structure. 

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).

It may cost money, but it will be done right without violating any civil or criminal laws.

He has a criminal record under his belt in the last 6 months and may still be under bail.

Only after we have approved them based all other criteria, can we run the criminal background check.The problem arising from this, is that many of the tenant screening services do everything at once, and usually include criminal background checks.