ChexSafe’s online reporting service gives landlords and leasing agents the advantage they need to process applications quickly, while still following proper screening and safety procedures. You can approve or deny applications quickly, which will fill your rentals faster, reduce wasted time, and reduce the incident of defaults.
Our reports give you the information you need while still complying with all "fair housing" anti-discrimination laws.
To run a Chexsafe report, you'll need to first create an account. Once you've created an account and we have your billing information on file, it takes only a few seconds to run a report on an applicant. This makes your leasing agent's job much easier, and lowers your operating costs.
Yes. Our search service is confidential, and our login section is secured with 128-bit SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption. Your billing information is safe with us, and your tenant reports are not shared with anyone. To access your reports you must be logged in with a secure user name and password.
Any Landlord or Leasing Agent who is trying to pre-approve a potential tenant.
Perhaps the most obvious reason is “transparency”. Tenant screening is a valuable tool to verify that your tenant is representing to you the facts on their rental history and as well as any criminal behavior. While the existence of a criminal record is not always a reason to reject a candidate, there are cases where it can be.
How do you really know that the candidate has a past that he or she claims, if you don’t verify?
Screening promotes open communication and honesty during the rental process. If an applicant has a blemish on their record, they are more likely to disclose it up front, rather than be caught in a lie.
Additionally, tenant screening helps to avoid the rising costs associated with eviction which may result from the actions of tenants that should not have been rented to in the first place.
Bottom-line, it’s an excellent return on a small investment.
To run a Chexsafe report, you’ll need to first create an account. Once you submitted your account information, we will have your account set up within a few hours. After your account is approved, you can immediately start screening your tenants and the reports are immediately viewable on-line.
We have packaged the most popular tenant screening tools into one comprehensive report. Each report includes a:
Most public housing agencies do some prescreening of tenants before offering them a voucher. The results of the screening done by a housing agency however are NOT shared with the Landlords. Additionally, your criteria for a tenant may be at a different level than that of a housing agency. Most housing agencies do NOT re-screen tenants after they are in the program.
Yes you do. Prior to screening any tenant you must have their permission. Please see our
terms of use for more information. At the Federal level, the screening industry is governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA. An applicant must expressly authorize the screen by signing an FCRA compliant release form. Click
here for a permission form.
