Summer is just about over and college students are going back to school. The demand for housing on college campuses far exceeds the supply. Add that to economic down turn and many families are taking rental property near college campuses as their homes as families leave their houses for a more affordable apartment. Pushing young college students to pitch in and rent out a house that can support say 5 college students. Landlords beware, even though these young adults don’t have the credit history and other information commonly used in tenant screening there are still other backgrounds check one should conduct such as SSN Validation, Address History Trace and Criminal History.
To learn more about why independent landlords should perform tenant checks on returning college students read recent TenantScreeningUSA.com press release: http://tenantscreeningusa.com/tenant-screening-news/back-to-the-grind-returning-to-college-and-tenant-screening/