The introduction of background checks represents one more step in our mission to democratize technology to make renting less painful for everyone said gino zahnd ceo and founder of cozy.
Cozy credit and background check.
Learn more about the change.
Once verified they can run and pay for their own screening reports and share the results with you.
You need more than just a credit score to understand an applicant s financial situation.
They ll be prompted to create a cozy account and securely enter their information to verify their identity.
Cozy background checks include full searches of national and county criminal records past evictions sex offender lists and terrorist watch lists.
There s nothing for you to do right now but we ll let you know before your account moves.
Easy to read credit reports include a breakdown of an applicant s total reported debt detailed payment history for credit accounts and employment and address history.
You can require screening reports when you create a listing in cozy or you can request reports directly from individual applicants.
Paired with cozy s recently redesigned tenant credit reports landlords will also get detailed information about outstanding debts payment history account history and more.