What else should a landlord
consider when screening a prospective tenant besides checking
the tenant’s credit and criminal background?
Ask for a photo
ID, preferably a driver’s license, of the tenant applicant
to make sure they are who they say they are. Make
sure this is the driver’s license number they write on the
application. Approximately one out of 25 tenant applicants
use a social security number that is not theirs. Tenant
Screening runs a social security identity search that will
check to make sure the prospective tenant is not using another
person’s social security number. However, if a person
gives you another person’s name and social security number
the application will not show up as being fraudulent.
Check a prospective
tenant’s rental history and verify their employment by written
documentation. You may want to use Tenant Screening’s
residency verification form and employment verification
form to assist you with this (click on “forms” on our website).
Most employers want permission with a signature from the
tenant before they will give out salary information and
the same is true for many previous or current landlords
or property management companies.
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