I look at income, criminal background, eviction history, and previous rental history as some of the main factors.

Stick to the information on this site and save your money from criminals.

Including a special discount on Tenant Screening service. http://www.biggerpockets.com/perks This is a REALLY good service and includes the criminal background check.

He was concerned that merely having a signed purchase contract without offering them the right to purchase would put him in violation of the law and open him to civil/criminal penalties.

For credit report and single state criminal and sex offender record = $25 per person.

Here is the response from our broker who assisted in the investigation:  "Dear ParticipantsPlease be advised that I have worked with Criminal Investigators and prosecutors to assist in the arrest and incarceration of Douglas Lee Carter; alias MIKE JONES; who defrauded my foreign national borrowers back in March of 2014.

We charge every adult over the age of 18 years who will be living in the home.Our charge covers the credit check and also a criminal background check on everyone.

It is always my preferred course and usually what I advise but in this case he probably has enough on his plate without also learning the process of bringing what I label as criminals to justice.

I still had the tenant meet all my normal leasing requirements, credit check, deposit, criminal check, and credit score requirement.I would recommend you structure yours in a similar way if possible, asked the company to pay the tenant then the tenant can pay you.

I'm guessing it is probably because they use different data providers for credit and criminal.