TENANT RENTAL HISTORY

[Eve Oliver]

HEllo BPs,

first time showing my SFH, I had a gentleman that was divorced looking for a place on his own. He asked me what were the requirements. When I told him about one of the requirements which would be contacting previous landlords and he would need to have a verifiable rental history. He said I used to live with my wife, I got divorced. In this case... I can only verify previous address running a background checking right? Is there anything else I can do in this scenario

[Debra Grumbach]

you can verify he owned the property. does he still own the property with his wife and still on the mortgage? or did they sell it? Look for 5 years history of residences. pulling his credit report will also let you know if he made his mortgage payments on time.