Credit and Background checking prospective tenants

[Tyler Eastman]

What is the best way to run a credit and background check on a prospective tenant? I have heard of a few different sites that do this but I am curious as to which is the best and most economically friendly.. 

[Calvin Lin]

I use mysmartmove.com and ask the tenant to pay.  Haven't had an issue so far and I have had 7 tenants done it over the last 3 years.  It checks credit and eviction history, but it can not verify income (for that you need to verify w/ the employer directly).  It even flag a speeding ticket from years ago on one of them.