Tenant background screening - Genesis Background Screening

Make it Part of Your Rental Agreement – Use A Professional Tenant Background Screening Company to Check Credit On Tenants

Staying connected with a tablet Whether you are new to being a landlord or an experienced property manager, you know tenant background screening is an essential tool to include in your leasing process. It’s equally important to use a professional background screening company to protect your property, to comply with the law, to determine credit worthiness and reduce risk.
For your convenience, Genesis Background Screening Services has search packages designed to help you make your leasing decisions with accurate information. Or, if you prefer, we can customize a package just for you.

And, you can build the cost of the background check credit report into your application fee to reduce your out-of-pocket expense when you have tenant turnover.

We highly recommend the GenApp™ for gathering a prospective tenant’s information and processing their background check for ease of use and the paperless features. For our commercial leasing business partners, we are excited to offer a direct integration with many popular Property Management Software Solutions (PMS), including YARDI, AMSI, and Tenant File.

Starter Level

A good package to start with for small rental operations. Ideal for people with an investment property that they are renting out themselves. If you just want to check tenant credit and criminal history, this is the package for you.
Includes:

Credit History Check Genesis’s employment credit check details the candidate’s financial liabilities and payment history, following the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Eviction Look Up Check our entire Nationwide database of reported evictions for any history of eviction.
Powerhouse™ This search is more than just your typical criminal records check – it is a multi-faceted hiring tool that includes a 50-state sex offender registry search, SSN validation, candidate address history, and a powerful national criminal database check.

Middle Level

The best package for anyone renting out housing to another person. By outsourcing your employment and income verification, you can be sure that you are getting only topnotch information directly from the source. Genesis saves you time as employment verification can be very time consuming. If you are concerned about credit worthiness, criminal history, and income verification, this is the level for you.
Includes:

Employment Verification The Genesis researchers will contact your candidate’s previous employers to verify all pertinent employment facts including wages. You may also establish additional questions to obtain the information that you need to make informed hiring assessments.
Credit History Check Genesis’s employment credit check details the candidate’s financial liabilities and payment history, following the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Eviction Look Up Check our entire Nationwide database of reported evictions for any history of eviction./li>
Powerhouse™This search is more than just your typical criminal records check – it is a multi-faceted hiring tool that includes a 50-state sex offender registry search, SSN validation, candidate address history, and a powerful national criminal database check.

Pro-Level

The best package for anyone renting out commercial space. Our B2B Screening Experts compile a report on the prospective tenant’s business to establish credit worthiness and business history.
Includes:

Business-2-Business Report for Leasing Agents confirm that the prospective tenant is a real business with appropriate credentials and professional licenses (if applicable), check for civil records filed against the business at the local and federal level, and any history of bankruptcy.
Credit History Check Genesis’s employment credit check details the candidate’s financial liabilities and payment history, following the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Eviction Look Up Check our entire Nationwide database of reported evictions for any history of eviction.
Powerhouse™This search is more than just your typical criminal records check – it is a multi-faceted hiring tool that includes a 50-state sex offender registry search, SSN validation, candidate address history, and a powerful national criminal database check.

Custom Searches

- Income Tax Return Verification: A useful search for verifying income for individuals who are self-employed or have other income sources. Pulls copies of the last four years tax returns.
- County Civil Records Search: A live court researcher is dispatched to the county courthouse to check both the upper court and the lower court for civil records.