Tenant screening companies provide information such as credit history, eviction information, rental payment history, identity verification, income and employment verification, and criminal background data to landlords, property management companies, and others. A tenant screening report with negative information in it, such as prior housing evictions, could result in a rejected lease application, or it could result in approval of the application but with tough conditions inserted into the lease agreement such as a requirement that you pay months of additional rent in advance or a higher security deposit. Many tenant screening companies won’t have information on you unless you apply for rental housing or otherwise authorize a landlord or property manager to obtain a report from them. 

If you are denied as a tenant,  “conditionally accepted”, or asked to pay a higher deposit or rent the landlord or property management company is REQUIRED to give you an adverse action notice so you may have the opportunity to correct any errors. The adverse action notice should contain the name of the tenant screening agency they used. The largest in the US are listed below.

Provides tenant screening services, including employment and income verification, to property management companies and landlords.

To order your free report |

• Download Form
• Mail or Fax
• Be sure to send requested docs

Provides tenant screening services to property management companies and landlords.

To order your free report |

• Fill Out Form
• Fill out online, Call, Email, Mail or Fax

Provides background screening services for landlords and residential real estate management companies.

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• Fill Out Form
• Fill out online

Collects rent payment history data from property owners and residential real estate managers, electronic rent payment services and collection companies, and makes that information available to the multifamily housing industry through tenant screening companies. Experian also includes some positive rent data it receives from Experian RentBureau in its standard credit reports. Positive rent data refers to payments that are paid as agreed between tenants and landlords.

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• Download Form
• Mail or Call

Provides tenant screening services for property managers, owners, and leasing agents.

To order your free report |

• Fax, Email or Mail

Provides consumer data, resident screening services to rental property owners and managers. Real Page has been acquired by Thoma Bravo LP.

To order your free report |

• Fill Out Form
• Fill out online
• Mail or Fax

Provides resident screening and an applicant resident risk score to property managers and landlords. SafeRent Solutions has been acquired by Park Hill Holdings.

To order your free report |

• Fill Out Form
• Fill out online, Call,Email or Mail

Provides background screening services to rental property managers and building owners in the multifamily housing industry. Screening Reports, Inc. is a division of BetterNOI.

To order your free report |

• Mail or Call

Provides tenant screening reports, estimated income insights, resident risk scores, and leasing recommendations for independent landlords and residential real estate management companies.

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• Call

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