FAQ After You Have Found a Roommate
If I want a background check for my potential roommate, do I pay for it or does my roommate?
Depends.
Landlords can charge potential tenants for credit and background checks.
If you are the current tenant looking for a roommate to share your place, you can ask the potential roommate to pay the fee to get a background check. If this is a criteria to rent your room, make sure you are up front about the costs and the plans for the background check so there are no disputes on who has to pay.
If you want to screen the person who you will be moving in with, you can ask them to pay the fee. Make sure this is agreed upon. Depending on the situation the role of who pays may be reversed.
Protect your belongings by ordering a background check through RoommateShop here!
How can I make sure my potential roommate is reliable?
Have us run a full background check on the new roommate.
Although it is always your choice who you want to choose as your new roommate, RoommateShop can help make that choice easier. For a fee of $50.00 we will run a full background check on a potential roommate. This service is for anyone who is already a RoommateShop customer or open to the public. This background check includes:
-Credit check----> to make sure that your new roommate will be reliable to pay the bills and rent on time
-Employment Verification----> to make sure your new roommate has the means to pay the bills and rent
-Rental History----> to make sure their previous landlords would re-rent to them, verify their previous rent amount, see if they were late on rent payments, and to see if they caused any significant damages to the property
-Criminal History----> to check their full background in criminal history
No one checks them closer! Know what you're getting into with a new roommate. We will return the results within 3 business days. It's easy: Print out the application, have your new roommate fill out the application and sign the bottom, and pay the fee. Once you've faxed (or mailed/dropped off) the application and paid the fee we will run the credit check and return the results by fax, mail, or email within 3 business days (Usually the process takes less than 3 days if accurate information is give)!
Have RoommateShop process a background check for you! Get started and print out an application here!
Questions? Email us Roommates@housinghelpers.comWhat happens after I suspend my account?
When you suspend your account, it takes deactivates your roommate profile on our site. You can reactivate it at anytime during the 90 day period if your roommate situation does not work out by logging into your profile.
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