Another Way to Screen Tenants

Here's a free one that can occasionlly reap some interesting information.

Check applicant's name on Google to see what you can find out. I have occasionally seen references to law suits, arrests, and other pertinent info...of course, if they have a common name then you need to make sure it is really the same person.

Also Google now offers a local version of it's search engine at: http://local.google.com/
So if you search for say pizza, you get hits from pizza places near you versus the whole world.
Try the name, address, and employer searches here to get more info online.