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Tenant Screening ($39.95) includes a full credit report with FICO score plus comprehensive background: eviction history, landlord-tenant disputes, criminal records/sex offenders, civil judgments, liens, bankruptcies, address history, and employment history when available. The applicant signs an FCRA-compliant e-authorization before credit data is pulled.

Background Check ($29.95) includes everything above except the credit report. You can order this directly without the applicant’s e-signature — useful when you already have a verified FULL credit history and reliable income verification but want to verify the applicant’s background history. It is for screening a rental applicant, and you need a permissible purpose under the FCRA to order it (no signature needed).

Most landlords choose Tenant Screening because credit data is a strong predictor of on-time rent payment. See a sample report.

Most reports are delivered the same day, after an investigator’s review.

For the report with credit, yes — the applicant’s signed authorization is required before the credit report is pulled. A background check without credit needs no signature. How that authorization is collected depends on who starts the order:

When the applicant orders their own report: they provide signed authorization directly inside our order form — no separate paperwork needed on your end.

When the landlord orders the report: you’ll need to have the applicant sign an authorization form first, then upload that signed authorization as part of your order. We accept standard rental-application signatures, our free e-sign rental application, or any lease-application form that includes an FCRA-compliant consent clause.

Either way, the signed permission travels with the order. See what landlords can legally check.

No. You pay per report. No monthly fees, no contracts, no minimum orders. Order one report or one hundred — same price per report.

Free online searches and many other inferior tenant screening/background check sites typically pull from aggregated, often-outdated, stale data scraped from public websites. Our comprehensive reports pull directly from current nationwide court records, verified credit bureau data, and direct source and current databases — the same information the most competent professional investigators use. Reports are prepared under the FCRA for tenant screening decisions.

You can run a Background Check with just name and current/past address, though using a SSN and/or DOB are the most reliable identifiers. Tenant Screening with credit requires the SSN (or ITIN) to pull credit data — this is a built-in credit bureau requirement, not ours. Our e-signature workflow collects this from the applicant directly so you don’t handle sensitive data yourself, if you applicant is placing the order.

Either the applicant or the landlord. The applicant can order and pay from the applicant ordering page and add your email so you receive the report too, or you can order and pay from the landlord ordering page. It’s the same report either way.

Yes. The ordering pages include two-applicant orders for couples or roommates applying together. Each adult is screened separately: the order form takes each person’s name, date of birth and Social Security number.

No. The credit report is a soft pull, and a soft pull does not affect the applicant’s credit score.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires you to send the applicant an adverse action notice. Among other things, it tells them the decision was based on a consumer report, names the company that supplied it, and explains their right to a free copy and to dispute errors. Our free adverse action letter covers these points.