If you wish to unilaterally pull credit (with a paper authorization) I believe you will need to get a site inspection and jump through a few hoops at your business.  

Go over and meet him with  paper work to sign if he will not sign a new lease advice him he has 30 days to move out  .Not responding to your attempt to reach out is rude not  a smart move on his side .

Especially since I'm paying 1700 now in rent (Just thinking on paper here).

When using the fireplace, Tenant agrees to:a.not leave burning materials unattended.b.keep all burnable objects at a safe distance from flame or surround.c.make appropriate use of fireplace damper and spark screen, so as not to allow smoke to flow into the room or sparks to fly out of the fireplace.d.use only seasoned firewood or manufactured logs in the fireplace.e.not burn paper, plastics or other materials.f.keep fireplace clean of ashes.g.dispose of ashes in a safe manner by waiting until ashes completely cool and by placing them in a metal container prior to disposal.

And, ya, as a landlord this means you go-to lender might be willing to help you avoid the $25 credit pull fee you charge potential tenants if you wish (it'll be an auth form they sign instead of a $25 check they write).Something that's also a nice bonus with this: If you meet a lender that "can't" give you a quote or any information based on reading a credit report without actually pulling it, that means you've found a dummy that doesn't know how to function without his software, and thus can eliminate him from your pool of potential lenders right off the bat because she or he ALSO isn't going to be able to handle your "I own 5 investment properties, 3 are in an LLC" scenario (mortgage software mostly kind of sucks at these deals, and frequently needs to have the human override bat swung at it... which means you need to be able to do it with a pen/paper/calculator or you shouldn't be doing it at all).

Tough to tease out the difference between time spent physically working on it or doing paper work from time spent thinking about it or worrying about it.

The great market for white-collar jobs in this area pushes prices into ranges that make no sense on paper. 

Without doing this though, does that mean that because property management can't produce these papers that we won't be able make certain claims to damages later?

What's the problem with sheets, shirts, and towels?

It looks awesome on paper; however, whenever something looks to good to be true I like to put the feelers out a bit.