From: speednxsticket@earthlink.net (Speednxs)
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: Tenant Credit Checks
Date: 10 Jan 2004 08:05:48 -0800

"Mike Bittel"  wrote in message news:...
> Just a general question to all Landlords out there, what Tenant Credit Check
> Services are you using and what are the associated fees?  I am just starting
> out & need a decent web-based credit check site.
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> -a12vman
I've had good luck with AmerUSA ($20).  This is fax based, not web
based.  Having reviewed credit reports, the information IS very
sensitive.  I can understand why they don't want to be sucseptible to
any "spyware" or viruses that may be lurking on your computer.  People
make whole careers fighting those wars.  I believe there are some web
based credit check  services.

AmerUSA can be contacted at:
  

There is help in understanding credit their rather terse credit
reports at:


There is a minor onetime paperwork hassle to establish legitimacy. 
After you get through this, repeat visits are quick and easy.

Once you get the credit report, don't cave in to "sob stories".  Every
prospective tenant I've had with bad credit had a "it's not my fault
story".  It probably won't be their fault when they don't pay the
rent, either.  People are their FICO scores.

Cheers,
Speednxs