Tenant background check; what do I look for? (record, paying, violations)

[MyCD999]

Tenant background check; what do I look for?
This is the first time I do tenet criminal background check. I used RecTec and based on the tenant’s criminal records report, there are 4 records with type Criminal and one of them in 2012 recent. My first question is this common number of records? Second question: What should I pay attention in this report?

[Electrician4you]

Usually the records give a violation code and sometimes a brief explanation and what state the violation was in. Are they vehicle code violations? If vehicle code it just means they are a ****ty or stupid driver. You can always look up the code and get a full description of the infraction.

If its criminal for me its a automatic disqualification.

[MyCD999]

Thank you for your reply. Some records show statue number most do not, all shows Charge Code as --- I am wondering if these are records not resulted in conviction. any idea?

[Electrician4you]

If it shows the state the violation occurred you may be able to research it by the case number or violation code. But if they have a criminal record and a relatively recent one at that why bother. If you just gotta know call the guy up and say hey I found x y z on your record. What are they? They could be vehicle violations too. Surprisingly I found most sure pretty honest on criminal record. They will lie to you about paying rent on time and how good a tenant they are and their last LL loved them