Applicant doesn't want his credit pulled.

[Conner Hitchcock]

I have an applicant that doesn't want to pull his credit (doesn't want to take the hit for a hard credit check). They are offering me a report from Rentspree that THEY ran.  I would still follow up with the employer for the paystubs and do background check on my own.

Should I budge or insist on the current protocol which is me running credit myself?

Thanks all!

Conner Hitchcock

[Phillip Austin]

@Conner Hitchcock This is a hard NO. Stick to your underwriting criteria, period. 

This is a sign of a "bad tenant." Someone who gives you a hard time about something as simple as running a credit check will give you all sorts of problems and headaches down the road. 

It's not about the credit check. It's about having a reasonable tenant who adheres to basic landlording practices.