Any recommenations on a easy, inexpensive place to pull credti/background checks on renters?

Thnaks.

check out mrlandlord.com

Lots of good info there for land lords!

I use National Tenant Network (ntnonline). See if they are available in your area. I assume they are since I can do nationwide background checks on potential tenants. I can't pull a credit report, but they give you a rating based on their credit report.

Does your county website have a link to your state's court network? I go to the Comanche County website here, then to the Court Clerk link, and then click on OSCN (Oklahoma State Court Network). Once there, i can enter the name and it will pull up any cases, by counties that post, so I can see if they've been evicted or have a half dozen payday loan companies chasing them through small claims court. Also, garnishments are there.

I have also started looking them up on the country detention center's log to see if they've been in jail for anything -- like, assault & battery charges, domestic abuse, drugs, etc.

These are public records, so free of charge to view.

We are looking for a resource as well, FirstAM isn't offering new Rent Safe accounts.

[quote=dudsintodeals]check out mrlandlord.com

Lots of good info there for land lords! [/quote]

I have tried this few times. I recommend it. Thanks

LOTS of companies do this, try "google"...

A Credit Check is done quite often. They go to a Credit Checking Company. This company checks to see how much you owe, owe to who, do you pay on time or not. This tells them if you are a person they want to do business with or not. It can also decide what the finance rate will be. If you are paying your bills on time, your OK; if not your a died beat. They can mix you up with someone else, or report an item wrong so it is a good Idea to review your report once a year and address any mistakes that they have at that time.