What Screening Packages Does RentPrep Offer and How Do They Differ?

RentPrep offers four screening options: Credit Report Only ($29), Full Background Check Only ($29), Complete Screening Package ($49), and Enterprise Screening (custom pricing) for landlords managing 50+ doors. The right choice depends on what you need to verify — creditworthiness alone, background history alone, or both in a single report. Landlords who want the fullest picture typically choose the Complete package, while high-volume property managers should look at Enterprise.

The Four Packages at a Glance

Credit Report Only — $29

This package is built around financial risk. It delivers a full credit report and a ResidentScore®, a rental-specific scoring metric, along with bankruptcy records. Optional add-ons are available.

The key limitation: it does not include criminal, eviction, or identity-verification checks. If your main concern is whether an applicant pays bills on time and manages debt, this covers it. If you also need to know about prior evictions or criminal history, you'll need one of the other packages.

Both landlord-pay and tenant-pay options are available for this package.

Full Background Check Only — $29

This package focuses on behavioral and legal history rather than credit. It includes:

• FCRA-certified screener review — a human reviews the file
• SSN verification — confirms the applicant's identity
• Nationwide criminal & sex offender search
• Nationwide evictions
• Judgments & liens
• Bankruptcies
• Optional add-ons

Notably, this package is landlord pay only — tenants cannot cover the cost. It also does not include a credit report or ResidentScore®, so you won't see how the applicant handles credit obligations.

Complete Screening Package — $49

This is the combination option. It merges everything from the Credit Report Only package with the full background check components:

• Full credit report and ResidentScore®
• SSN verification
• Nationwide criminal & sex offender search
• Nationwide evictions
• Judgments & liens
• Bankruptcies
• FCRA-certified screener review
• Optional add-ons

Both landlord-pay and tenant-pay options are available. For most individual landlords screening a small number of applicants, this is the package that answers both "Can they pay?" and "Will they be a problem tenant?" in one report.

Enterprise Screening — Custom Pricing (50+ Doors)

If you manage 50 or more doors, RentPrep offers a separate Enterprise tier with custom pricing. Features include:

• All property types supported
• Easy onboarding
• Custom workflows
• Advanced searches
• Tier screening
• Applicant pay options
• Dedicated account rep
• API integration

The pitch here is that you shouldn't settle for whatever default screening your property management software provides. Enterprise is designed for volume operations that need configurability and integration.

How RentPrep Validates Every Report

Regardless of which package you choose, the background check process follows the same three-step validation:

1. Identity pre-verification — Before any background check runs, an FCRA-certified screener compares the applicant's name, SSN, and date of birth against database records.
2. Human validation of results — Screeners verify every record against reliable sources to reduce false matches.
3. FCRA compliance check — The final report is checked for Fair Credit Reporting Act compliance; non-compliant records are omitted to protect you.

This matters because automated screening tools can return records that belong to a different person with a similar name. The human review step is what separates a validated report from a raw database dump.

Which Package Should You Choose?

• You only care about payment history and credit risk → Credit Report Only ($29)
• You only care about criminal history, evictions, and identity → Full Background Check Only ($29), but note it's landlord-pay only
• You want the full picture in one report → Complete Screening Package ($49)
• You manage 50+ doors and need custom workflows or API access → Enterprise Screening (custom pricing)

RentPrep states its screening has been shown to reduce tenant defaults by up to 25% compared to other screening solutions, based on a study done in partnership with a third party. That figure applies to the screening service overall, not to a specific package.