Screening a tenant is fast and easy…
Give us your applicant’s name and email address. We’ll then verify their identity and obtain their permission to release their ResidentScore® with their official credit report and a multi-state criminal background check.
No monthly fees or subscriptions – pay as you go.
A Credit Score Just for Tenant Screening
RealSerious.com features the proprietary ResidentScore® provided by TransUnion. It’s a renter-specific credit score designed to help landlords by predicting potential rental risks more effectively than traditional credit scores. The ResidentScore® evaluates applicants based on five key factors:
• Payment History
• Credit Utilization
• Credit History
• Credit Availability
• Recent Applications for Credit
See a sample report.
Predicting evictions 15% better…
The ResidentScore® is specifically engineered to help predict the likelihood of eviction by focusing on risk factors directly tied to rental outcomes. Unlike traditional credit scores, which are primarily designed for lending, ResidentScore® considers behaviors that indicate potential issues in a rental context.
TransUnion’s research shows that ResidentScore can predict evictions 15% more accurately than traditional credit scores, especially within the bottom 20% score range, where tenants are statistically at the greatest risk.
Predicting 19% more skips…
The ResidentScore® by TransUnion helps predict the likelihood of skips by analyzing specific credit behaviors and patterns that often precede such actions. With its targeted approach, ResidentScore can identify 19% more skips than a traditional credit score.
What’s a skip?
A “skip” refers to a tenant who leaves a rental property abruptly without fulfilling the lease terms or notifying the landlord.
More applicants with “thin files” can now be scored.
Unlike other credit scores, ResidentScore® is especially useful in assessing applicants with limited credit histories, known as “thin files,” as long as the applicant has at least one account on their credit report.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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