We go through creditbureareports.com for credit and criminal record searches.

@Sebastian Pociask what will show on the criminal history if they have a "CPN"  and say a common name like Joe Smith? 

Tenant fills out our application (and that does include all the dob/dl/ssn info which we use for ordering our own credit, criminal, eviction reports. 

Then you get the tenant's credit check, criminal, eviction reports.  

Hence, why I am trying to find a system to simplify the process:-)I practice immigration, criminal, and some personal injury law - car accidents.

I use smart move (TransUnion) it also checks previous evictions and criminal records.

(Don’t know if it was criminal restaurant employees or what happened.)

He has a vested interest in verifying whether the person is living in his unit because the person could be a criminal for all he knows, which is a scenario you are ignoring.

Some things investors can do to be proactive and mitigate risks of investing in the city are - Have a great local team- During rehabs place curtains up, do leave trash outside as it attracts criminals and more trash- 7.)

Heck, I even heard a guy on the podcast talk about filtering by criminal records, haha.If there's any kind of inspector-client confidentiality rule or law, perhaps you could just ask him about that before moving forward.