Buying A Home
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Re: Landlords: what services do you use for background checks?

  • We use Tenant Alert  http://www.tenantalert.com/

    We also do a search on our state's court website.

  • Smart Move by TransUnion. The applicants pay the $25 background check fee, and you get a credit and background check. It's very easy for you to set up! Just google it and follow the easy to navigate website. I have used it many times in the past and will use it the next time I need to find new tenants for my rental property.
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  • Contact your local apartment association for a recommendation.  I have used SmartMove, SafeRent, and others.  No matter what, the most important thing is what you do with the info.  make sure you are clear on how to interpret the cridet report and criminal check.
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  • I belong to an 'apartment' association (a professional association for landlords, property managers etc). While it is called an 'apartment' association, it serves all landlords. They can provide credit screening, forms, legal updates, vendor referrals etc. I pay about $200/yr to belong plus $8 per credit report, $4 for eviction reports. It is a slamming deal for what you get :) I would highly recommend joining a similar association if you are not a professional manager. The value of the forms and legal updates alone is well worth it.

    Good luck :)

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