# Credit Checking Service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-service/688411>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-service/688411 "2014-05-14T03:19:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-service/688411/1 "2014-05-14T03:19:20Z")

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My wife and I recently purchased a vacation condo which we are renting out nightly during the summer tourist season. In the winter months, however, there are no tourists, so we will be renting it out on a 6 month lease.

I would like to run a credit check on whomever agrees to the 6-month lease, but I don’t know of any reputable service that does this.

A quick check on the Internet shows services ranging from $0 to $40 for a credit check. Any experience using one of these kinds of services?

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**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-service/688411/2 "2014-05-14T04:19:18Z")

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I would advise anyone setting out to be a landlord to join [thelpa.com](http://thelpa.com) they have a variety of reputable services for qualifying, credit checking and credit reporting remnants.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-service/688411/3 "2014-05-14T14:11:30Z")

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> [@snowmaster](#):
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> I would advise anyone setting out to be a landlord to join [thelpa.com](http://thelpa.com) they have a variety of reputable services for qualifying, credit checking and credit reporting remnants.

Thanks snowmaster. This looks very helpful!