What would cause me to fail a background check?

Criminal Report

For the criminal record, we look for convictions of the following offenses within the last five years:

• Arson

• Assault

• Battery

• Breaking and entering

• Drug manufacture and cultivation

• Fraud

• Homicide

• Rape

• Sexual assault

• Vandalism

We base our individualized assessments on risk of harm to neighbors, risk of damage to property, and risk of lost rent.

Eviction Report

For the eviction record, we look for any judgments within the last five years.

Credit Report

We are looking for indicators of your ability to pay rent in a timely manner, including, but not limited to: frequency of late payments, foreclosure, and bankruptcy. We use the credit report to tell us if you have a history of honoring contractual agreements and paying bills on time. If you have open collections to a previous landlord, your application will be automatically denied.

If you would like to dispute the results of your background check, please check here.

Rentor fully complies with Federal Fair Housing Act as well as with California’s Fair Housing Act.   Rentor does not discriminate against any person because of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, disability, familial status, marital status, national origin, ancestry, source of income or any other form of arbitrary discrimination. Rentor also fully complies with all state and local fair housing laws.  As such Rentor does NOT use any such criteria in determining the creditworthiness of any application to Rentor.    

Rentor will be investigating the following items: (1) the likelihood that you have the ability to pay the full rent and other fees due pursuant to the rental agreement consistently and in a timely fashion throughout your tenancy, (2) the likelihood that you will not cause damages to the premises and that you will maintain the condition of the tenancy premises and will return it to the same condition that it was rented to you excepting normal wear and tear, and (3) the likelihood that you will not cause a nuisance at the premises, violate the law at the premises, nor interfere with the peaceful use and quiet enjoyment of others in the community.