Every applicant on Porcher can be screened with a credit report, criminal background check, eviction history, and identity verification — reviewed right alongside their rental application.
The property owner or manager connected to the application can view report details after identity verification. Dashboard report access ends 30 days after the report is complete; the application and other related records may remain.
Read the Tenant Screening & FCRA PolicyScreening & compliance guideIf a report influences a denial or less favorable terms, an adverse action notice is generally required. Porcher supports the notice workflow; landlords remain responsible for their decisions, notices, and applicable laws.
Review the Fair Housing PolicyRead the rental denial and adverse-action guideOne screening covers everything you need to make a confident, informed decision — a $50 flat fee, paid by the applicant, not you.
Credit and background check information is protected. Only landlords and property managers who have verified their identity with a government ID and a live selfie match can view it. Dashboard report access ends 30 days after report completion; this does not mean every related record is deleted then. Learn how access works.
See a full credit report and score, not just a pass/fail — accounts, utilization, and payment history.
A nationwide criminal background check on every applicant, before you sign a lease.
Know whether an applicant has been evicted before, so there are no surprises later.
Confirm your applicant is who they say they are before you hand over the keys.
A real screening report, condensed to sample data below — the same credit score breakdown, payment history, and identity verification you'd see for a real applicant.
New to screening? Learn how to run a tenant background checkand how applicant-paid screening works. For a closer look, see what appears on a tenant screening report.
No criminal records found.
No eviction filings found.
No records found nationwide.
Create a free Porcher account, add the property, and start a screening from the Applications section — share an application link or use Manual Screening if you already have someone in mind. Porcher runs the credit, criminal, eviction, and identity checks and returns a full report, usually within minutes to a couple of days.
How to run a tenant background checkAfter your tenant submits an application (or you start a Manual Screening) and the $50 screening fee is paid, they get an email from Checkr, Porcher's background check partner. They answer a few quick questions, then upload a photo of their government ID and take a live selfie to verify their identity — most applicants finish in well under 10 minutes.
A Porcher screening costs a flat $50 per applicant, and by default the applicant pays it — not the landlord. If you use Manual Screening, you can choose to pay the fee yourself instead.
Learn how applicant-paid screening worksPorcher's credit report includes a FICO-style credit score, number of open accounts, average account age, credit utilization, on-time payment rate, and any collections, charge-offs, or bankruptcies — the same data you'd expect from a major credit bureau, summarized for a rental decision.
See what's included in a tenant screening reportOnly the landlord or property manager connected to the application can view the screening report, and only after verifying their identity with a government ID and live selfie. Report access ends 30 days after the screening is complete. The application record may remain available after report access ends.
Learn about screening safeguardsMost criminal, eviction, and identity checks finish within minutes. Credit reports can take a little longer depending on the applicant's history and bureau response times, but nearly all screenings complete within one business day.
An Application Link is usually fastest — share it with your applicant, they pay the $50 fee themselves, fill out the application, and Checkr emails them directly to finish the background check. If you'd rather not wait on them to start, use Manual Screening instead: add their email address, pay the $50 fee yourself, and Checkr still emails them to complete their side of the check.
Learn how rental application links workCreate your free account and start screening tenants for your rental today.