Evicting a tenant is never a nice or easy process, but unfortunately, it happens. It’s important to get to the bottom of a tenant’s previous evictions, to ensure that you aren’t making a mistake in leasing out your property to them.
A tenant’s previous evictions can tell you a lot about the type of renter they are likely to be. Here are two ways that you can check previous evictions.
Going Through a Third-Party
There are a number of services out there that include previous eviction checks as part of their tenant screening services. A screening service can do a national eviction search thoroughly and effectively. The screening services often come back including credit information so you can make a well-informed decision about future tenants.
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Looking At Previous Evictions Through Court Records
This is the more direct approach and way of searching. You can start by checking your state’s website and search their full name in order to gain their records. In some states, full cases can’t always be viewed but you can still get a high-level briefing to ensure that you’re making the right decision.
In some cases, landlords try to wrongfully evict a tenant, this would still cause an eviction case to be present in the person’s history. While checking eviction records, it’s essential that you consider this. As it’s important to give every tenant a balanced chance.
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