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Resident Screening: Tenant Background Check
Tenant background checks help landlords and property management companies optimize occupancy rates by using technology to help determine which applicants may qualify as tenants.
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Tenant Background Check Services
Resident screening is not created equal. Proprietary databases, regularly updated public sources, and expert customer service combine to make First Advantage a leading choice for mitigating risk while remaining compliant with applicable laws.
Resident screening and tenant background check solutions give property managers, owners, and leasing agents access to screening reports to quickly and confidently review information that assists in qualifying prospective renters. Our focus is helping you move quality tenants through the process quickly, reduce the potential for bad debt, and promote safety within your community. Tenant background check services are designed to do just that.
Why First Advantage?
As a trusted resident screening partner to hundreds of properties, we value the trust our customers have placed in us. First Advantage is a team of talented professionals with years of experience in the residential applicant screening industry. We are a dedicated group of like-minded individuals, working together to drive technology and screening automation for property managers, owners, and leasing agents alike.
- Leverage our proprietary records’ database with millions of criminal records
- Detailed operational, benchmarking, and reporting data
- Rental histories, landlord, and utility debt histories for potential tenants
- Visibility and transparency in a rules-based, advanced technology model
- SkipWatch® scan with more automated fraud solutions
- Award-winning customer serviceavailable 7 days a week
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Residential Income Verification
A secure, user-friendly interface makes income verification a snap. Getting income information from prospective tenants is a good practice. Even better? Verifying this their income. RightIncome™ serves up the vital income data while keeping it simple for both property managers and tenants to use.
Residential Identity Verification
An important component of resident screening, RightID™ uses government-issued IDs and applicant selfies to flag potential inconsistencies in the applicant’s identity. Leverage a convenient, mobile workflow – typically completed in under 2 minutes. Start Today!
Did You Know:
- 95% of management companies have difficulties identifying and preventing fraud due to time constraints and lack of training on the ever-changing sophistication of “bad actor” methods.1
- 73% of fraud detected by property managers in the past two years was identified late – after move-in.2
1Forrester Study: Misunderstanding and Inconsistency: The State of Fraud in the Rental Housing Industry
2 Fraud Isn’t Jut Growing – It’s Changing (TransUnion.com)
Tenant Collections
Supplement your tenant background checks with support for tenant collections. When we search credit history, you have the option to select credit reports from any or all major bureaus, giving yu the option to view credit bureau data for your applicants.
EasyApply
Fill vacancies faster. An online applicant portal for tenant background checks speeds up data collection while providing a secure, straightforward method for communicating with prospective tenants. Easy Apply provides not only the opportunity to communicate with potential tenants, it also can help keep the rental application process moving forward. Intuitive design and workflows make it easy to understand, reducing the number of abandoned applications.
Insight Advantage®
Our real-time analytics tool allows for operational reporting and benchmark comparisons for better decision making. This proprietary tool is user-friendly for ease in creating visualizations of large data sets that properties and/or management companies can use to spot trends, compare to peers, and deep-dive into change drivers.
Identity Fraud
Our identity verification fraud solution is a fully integrated and automated solution specifically designed for the multifamily housing industry.
- Supports FHA and FCRA compliance
- Offers competitive turnaround times to avoid negative effects on leasing
- Is fully automated – no manual intervention
Did You Know?
- 50% of evictions stem from fraud, and with the average number of days to evict being 90 – 150 days, evictions can easily cost thousands of dollars.
- 95% of management companies have difficulties identifying and preventing fraud due to time constraints and lack of training on the ever-changing sophistication of bad actor methods.1
1 Forrester Consulting Study 2018: Misunderstanding and Inconsistency: The State of Fraud in the Rental Housing Industry
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Evictions & Skips
Helping you identify qualified applicants using our proprietary databases. Some evictions may not be reported to credit agencies, but our database is updated with initial filings, possessions, and judgments gathered nationwide. Through the SkipWatch® Database, property managers and owners get access to a tenant’s timeliness of payments, lease disputes, and more.
Forms Manager
An online forms management system gives you a single source for lease-related data capture, simplifying document retrieval and lease renewals. Store all executed lease packets for all properties in a single, centralized online repository. Add on Forms Manger to control the information flow and reduce your administrative costs.
Collections
Our proprietary collections database augments a typical resident background check by helping you to identify problem residents who otherwise might not be found through traditional background screening searches. When we search credit history, we offer you the ability to select credit reports from any or all of the three major bureaus, giving you the choice to use the bureau that is prominent where your properties are located.
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