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Below I've listed links that will take you through the screening process and provide you with the tools you need to do a professional job.

1. How to Screen & Qualify Tenants in 5 Easy Steps
2. The LPA Rental Application
3. The Official Credit Bureaus of The Landlord Protection Agency - The LPA now provides you with a choice of the credit report provider that suits your needs best. We also provide agencies who can report to the credit bureaus and collect rent from past tenant debts.
   
   
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   Introducing The LPA's new Credit and Collection Partners

   The Landlord Protection Agency is pleased to announce that it has entered into an alliance with a few of the nation's leading credit report providers and rent collection specialists.
   

   AMSties aTenantScreen TVS Tenant Verification Service Rent Recovery Service

   AMS Ties Credit Report Service AMS Ties can provide the information you need in a ready and convenient format. The reports are summarized clearly so you can understand and use the information you receive. AMSties provides the credit reports to you by fax quickly and efficiently. AMSties also reduces it lifetime membership fee to only $25. for LPA members. AMSties also offers credit bureau reporting of bad debts for LPA members.

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   aTenantScreen.com A Tenant Reporting Service You Can Count On ON-Line Credit Reports 24 hours a day aTenantScreen is a subsidiary of TVS Tenant Verification Service Inc. which is the #1 Tenant Report Service in North America. Our tenant reporting service offers tenant screening in Canada and the United States with No Membership Fee. aTenantScreen and TVS Tenant Verification Service Inc. network thousands of Landlords in the Residential Rental Industry throughout North America to identify delinquent tenants that use Landlords as a revolving line of credit. Our tenant reporting service puts an end to the scams and lost income which landlords are currently faced with. aTenantScreen is an affiliate of the Landlord Protection Agency that provides tenant report forms which you require as a Landlord to run a successful rental business; these forms are in keeping with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the various Statutes in State law. View the Fair Credit Reporting Act and your State landlord and tenant laws. Don't risk renting to fraudsters who have run scams on landlords in the past. Run a tenant report on every prospective tenant. Part of your criteria as a Landlord should be that all prospective tenants must have a good credit history and a good tenant history. Sign up today for our tenant screening in Canada and the United States, and don't play the fraud rental game with tenants who have intent to leave you stuck with unpaid rental fees and/or damaged rental property that results in a debt.

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   TVS Tenant Verification Service Our Landlord Services provide comprehensive and convenient TENANT SCREENING that includes credit reports, criminal and eviction searches, Tips & Advice! TVS is a Credit Reporting Agency that serves the needs of the Residential Rental Industry by providing fraud prevention tools that target delinquent tenants. Specific areas of investigation include credit reporting, criminal record searching and *eviction searches (USA). The primary aim of TVS Tenant Verification Service is to assist landlords in identifying and thereby eliminating delinquent tenants as potential renters. TVS obtains a credit report that includes a FICO score on Prospective Tenant(s) from a Major Credit Bureau(s). TVS can conduct a criminal record search (USA & Canada) on your Prospective Tenant(s) and an eviction search (USA only).

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   Rent Recovery Service The Landlord Collection Agency is available on both a flat fee and contingency fee basis. Both services boast an aggressive approach to resolving delinquent rent collection problems for property managers nationwide. We help Landlords collect unpaid rent with our exclusive electronic surveillance software that can track the financial status of any debtor, every day, anywhere in the country. No other company pursues delinquent tenants as aggressively. Authorized to report to tenant credit reports in all states.

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   FREE Credit Reports ?

   How do I Get FREE Credit Reports when screening tenants?

   By John Nuzzolese

   Credit reports have become one of the most essential elements in checking the background of a potential tenant. The days of the handshake rental lease are over. Today, renting to a person without checking his credit is like playing lotto. the odds of winning are against the landlord.

   One of the reasons many landlords I have spoken with don't do credit reports is because of the cost of running a credit report. What?! The cost of the credit report?? Well, yes. Believe it or not many people would rather spend thousands of dollars in lost rent and legal fees, renovation and aggravation than the cost of a $12.00 credit report because they feel lucky.

   Then again, there are those of us who know the risks are heavily slanted against us and will not rent without a full credit and background check on the potential tenant. We know that it is better to spend a small amount of money on the screening process rather than wanting to kick ourselves in the rear when the tenant burns us.

   You may be thinking, "yeah, I know all that, but the title of this article says "FREE CREDIT REPORTS" in it and that's why I'm reading it." Well OK. That's what I'll talk about.

   There are 2 types of Free Credit Reports I'd like to tell you about.

4. First, let me tell you about the special deal Experian and the other major credit bureaus offer you. Anybody can get a copy of his or her own credit report for FREE. See below:
   Free Credit Report & Score from Experian
   Some landlords will require the potential tenant to obtain a free credit report on themselves to submit along with their rental application.
   

   Many landlords ask me, "Do I need the tenant to sign something in order for me to get a credit report?" The answer is yes. It is illegal to obtain a credit report on another individual without that person's written permission.
   That is why The LPA Rental Application is what I always use. It provides the correct legal language that allows tha landlord or his agent to obtain a credit report from any of the major credit bureaus.

5. Now, I'd like to tell you about the other kind of "Free Credit Report". This is the kind I always get. Years ago, I subscribed to AMSties Credit Bureau. That's the same credit bureau we have on The LPA website. I feel the credit reports I buy from AMSties are FREE because, my LPA Rental Application provides for a screening fee. I charge the applicant $25. per adult. Then, after verifying that the references and employment information on the rental application check out, I order the credit report which is usually faxed to me about 30 minutes later. Did I pay for the credit report? Well it's on my AMSties bill, but the tenant gave me the money to pay it. So I consider it a FREE CREDIT REPORT ! And that is what I recommend other landlords do too. Charge a screening fee. Use the LPA Rental Application if you don't already.

   P.S. We now also have the option of obtaining credit reports from TVS Tenant Verication Services and aTenantScreen.com 24 hours a day online with NO membership fee or set up charge.
   
   
   

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   Landlord Tips

   Pay special attention to your potential tenant's reaction when you question any red flags on his application. If you strike a nerve, they may reveal their true colors if you have a potential problem tenant on your hands.
   
   When executing a new lease, remember to staple an "Intention to Vacate" form on the back of the tenant's lease. Reminding the tenant to give proper notice and proper move-out procedure can make your life a lot easier when it's time to start looking for a new tenant.-
   
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   Tenant Excuses

   
   

   "I'm sorry, I paid my credit cards first. I'd much rather pay your late charge than theirs."

   This is why the late fees have to hurt enough to prioritize the rent payment. - John@TheLPA
   
   

   "The dishwasher didn't work when I moved in and I know I'm not gonna get my security back so I'm living it out."

   He knows he's not getting his security back because he trashed the home. - Willi N., New Port Richie, FL ***********************************************
   

   Quotations...

   
   
   
   
   

   "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

   "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."
   - Woody Allen

   "Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
   - Theodore Roosevelt

   A Way of Being
   - Gary Link, Attorney at Law

   "How much did your last tenant problem cost you?"
   - John Nuzzolese
   
   

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