The federal government has fined TransUnion a total of $23 million — including some $14 million to be paid to consumers — over illegal rental background checks and security locks and freezes on ...

On November 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two reports, highlighting what the CFPB perceives to be forms of errors that frequently occur in tenant background checks and the ...

Read on for our review and complete guide how to run a background check on a tenant. A background check can provide valuable insight into a tenant’s criminal, credit, rental and employment histories.

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On November 15, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued two reports – titled “Tenant Background Checks Market Report” and the “Consumer Snapshot: Tenant Background Checks” – reflecting ...

Portable tenant screening reports, or PTSRs, might not be the most common topic in landlording circles, but as more states look to recognize these reports, they’re bound to become more prevalent. In ...

Landlords and tenants often accept the tenant screening process as a formality. But there’s a hidden set of processes that work behind the scenes to create the neatly formatted PDFs landlords rely on ...

The high school teacher and real estate agent racked up more than $200 in tenant screening fees, which they had to pay each time they applied to rent a unit. “Every place we went, we would have to do ...