Tenant Screening & Employment Background Checks

Tenant screening reports contain valuable insights that help landlords and property managers make confident leasing decisions. This guide explains how Bemrose reports are structured, from the application overview and final decision summary to the Four Pillars of screening—credit, income verification, rental history, and criminal/eviction records.

Most sex offender registrants are not listed on public databases—leaving major gaps in typical background checks. This article explains how Oregon’s notification levels work and why deeper, multi-jurisdiction screening is essential to accurately confirm an applicant’s registration status.

This is a continuation of our list from last month of tips for making sure your applications get done a fast as possible. While this list is not a guarantee of expediency, it will save you, your applicant and your screening company plenty of wasted time.

While automation tempts landlords with low prices, they offer low-quality screening fraught with incomplete information, outdated employment and criminal records, secretive methods, extra fees, and risks of Fair Housing Non-Compliance. In contrast, Bemrose agents are thorough, knowledgeable, adaptable, and communicative— putting in extra work to ensure you never have to worry about who is coming through your doors.