People Can Be Snakes | The Communication Blog

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

People Can Be Snakes

By Tony Ramirez

Due to the struggling economy, many people are acquiring roommates in order to offset housing costs. Screening potential roommate candidates is vital to selecting the right roommate for you, if you have made the decision to seek someone to live with to offset the considerable cost of living alone. Because this person will be in your home with all your property, it is important to investigate this person and know all you can about them. You will only want to move someone in to your home that you feel that you can trust.

One thing that you will want to do is to make sure that you have a background check performed on them. You won't want to agree to them moving in until after you receive the results from the background check because it can be very hard to evict someone from your home once they have moved in. Waiting for the results of the background investigation is a good way to make sure you are protected, and let them know your decision on whether to let them move in only after you have thoroughly reviewed all of the information you received.

You really don't need a lot of information on a person in order to perform a background check, in fact you can even perform a court records history check online. A name and birth date are the only mandatory bits of information to conduct a search. These checks are extremely helpful into giving you insight into any previous civil lawsuits they may have been involved in and any past criminal history. You will also be able to pull up credit information on that person so that you can feel confidant that you won't have a problem collecting the rent from them each month.

Because having someone move in as a roommate is a big commitment to make, you don't want to make a mistake and get stuck with a bad roommate, therefore take advantage of online background checks.

Safety is the most important aspect of living with someone you do not know, so use your instincts when choosing a roommate and you might even enjoy meeting someone new.

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