To use the RHAGP Tenant screening services either by the RHAGP office Staff or online from
your home computer, you must be a member of RHAGP and
complete the forms above and return the forms to the RHAGP office. If you want to use the
online screening service you must take a free 1 hour training class held at the RHAGP office.
Contact the RHAGP office staff at:
The Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland
10520 NE Weidler
Portland, Oregon 97220
503.254.4723
Fax: 503.254.4821
Tenant Screening Services Costs RHAGP Members Only
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COST
SCREENING SERVICES FOR RHAGP MEMBERS
New DECISION POINT
$18.00 each
Decision Point provides a sound bases for the acceptance or rejection rental decision for the landlord or property manager. The score is based not only on a full credit analysis, but also the tenant performance factors of eviction and lease violation history. In addition, to determine the applicant's stability, longevity of employment and residence are evaluated leading to a higher probability of overall resident retention.
Includes Tenant performance/eviction history, Public records search and Credit Score
CREDIT REPORT (Must Qualify)
$8.00 each
The credit report is a national consumer credit report through TransUnion,
Experian or Equifax. The credit report can give a picture of the applicant's recent credit history and financial situation.
New DECISION POINT PLUS
$18.00 each
(Tenant Performance and credit score when ordered with CREDIT REPORT)
EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION
$10.00 each
Application to rent required
LANDLORD VERIFICATION
$10.00 each
Application to rent required
CRIMINAL HISTORY (Oregon/Washington)
$11.50 each
Includes violations through Federal offenses such as sex offender records.
NATION WIDE CRIMINAL REPORT
$20.00 each
Includes information from 42 States!
COUNTY CRIMINAL SEARCH
$11.50 each
Any single county criminal search in a county anywhere in the US. For those states not included in nation wide criminal report. (Surcharges could apply, standard processing time is 1-2 weeks)
TENANT PERFORMANCE
$8.00 each
(Eviction History)
SOCIAL SECURITY VERIFICATION
$5.00 each
Verification of social security number vs name match
24-7 ONLINE TENANT SCREENING
Quick and convenient! Members only Service!
Members that have been approved to obtain tenant screening reports can have 24-7
ONLINE TENANT SCREENING
Whether it's 10pm at night or 10am on a Saturday morning, perform your own credit,
tenant performance (eviction) or criminal history reports.
Attend one free, hour-long class conducted by a credit reporting agency representative
here at the RHAGP office, and you'll be able to retrieve reports from home or work in just minutes!
Receive instruction, a step-by-step guide and a passcode.
Reservations are required, we need at least 5 people must sign up FOR A CLASS to be held.
SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR TENANT SCREENING***
A SERVICE AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED by Federal law and the legal departments of the national credit bureaus. If you wish
to obtain tenant screening reports from RHAGP please fill out and return the SERVICE AGREEMENT.
If you have not received the Service Agreement to sign, Click Here to print a Service Agreement in PDF of this agreement
or contact us at 503.254.4723.
*Even if you currently use another company during the day, you can still take advantage of your online tenant screening privilege at night or on the weekend.
Changes to Tenant Screening Services
Changes in FTC regulation of the credit reporting cause RHAGP to change the
documentation requirements for members to obtain Tenant Screening Services.
As of January 1, 2006 members must complete a new Service Agreement and provide
documentation to obtain tenant screening services.
Complying with these changes is mandatory for those members who wish to continue
using our services.
RHAGP obtains credit reports through National Tenant Network.
National Tenant Network audits users regularly and randomly. If audited, you are
required to produce a signed rental application.
Failure to do so may cause RHAGP
to be shut down and you will be liable for the costs incurred including lost revenues.
To help prevent this possibility and to streamline the tenant screening process,
RHAGP requires the use of the Applicant Screening Authorization form (12/06).
The Applicant Screening Authorization form is not copyrighted and is for the
use of our members. Make photocopies as needed.
You are still required to have a rental application signed by the applicant.
Keep your rental records for at least five years whether you rent to them or not.
Keep all applications and other documents with social security numbers and driver's
license numbers in a locked place, such as a locking file cabinet.
Each person on the application must fill out and sign an Applicant Screening
Authorization.
Tenant Screening Services RHAGP provides tenant screening services to its members.
There is a nominal fee for each individual report requested.
Spouses and partners must be treated as two individual reports.
Within a few days of signing the NTN Service Agreement, and the Requirement
for Service agreement, you will be authorized to receive credit and criminal
reports through RHA.
There are certain rules to be followed when you use credit
reporting of any kind, such as the proper use of your rental application.
The documents you will be asked to sign explain how to use credit reporting accurately.
To run a report we require a completed Applicant Screening Authorization form.
The applicant completes this form at the same time as the rental application.
We require the applicant's full name, social security number, date of birth,
and current address including zip code. All information must be legible and complete.
By law it is illegal to run a credit report without the consent of the applicant.
Without a signed Applicant Screening Authorization form, we will not run a report.
You may fax the Applicant Screening Authorization form directly to us.
You can e-mail applicant screening authorization forms only if you have a 200 bit encryption. It is illegal for us to email credit information back to you.
All reports are returned to you by phone or fax and mail.
We process reports in the order received and turn around depends on the volume of
reports in the office.
EMAIL: info@rhagp.org
