What are the Tenant Screening Options in the US
FrontLobby provides robust Tenant Screening tools tailored to American Landlords, Real Estate Agents and Property Managers.
Through FrontLobby, Housing providers of all sizes can screen applicants by performing a Credit Check, a Background Check, or both.
US Tenant Screening Options include:
Credit Report – Instant, long-form TransUnion reports covering:
- Credit scores
- Addresses
- Employment confirmation
- Credit history (tradelines)
- Credit balances
- Collections
- Bankruptcies
- Credit Inquiries
Background Check – Covers multiple public databases to provide information including:
- Previous Address Tenant History – Matches SSN with addresses. Used to verify evictions, compare criminal records, and match data against the rental application
- TeleCheck Verification – Helps identify good vs. bad check writers using a national bad-check database
- National Eviction Database – Data from county courts on possession judgments
- National Criminal Check – Statewide and nationwide criminal record searches
- Terrorist Watch Lists – Includes OFAC, FBI, Interpol, and more
- Federal Search – Identifies offenders in categories such as violent crime, child exploitation, cybercrime, white collar crime, and fugitives
- Income Estimator – Uses available data to estimate applicant income.
- Monthly record of payments or debts
- Includes Landlord’s name and email for reference checks
Learn more on how to pull a Credit Report HERE.
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