Tenant Screening: Submitting Rental Applications, Report Prices & Descriptions
SUBMITTING RENTAL APPLICATIONS
Note: You must be an active WLA Member before running background checks on rental applicants.
To become a member, please click HERE!
Two Options for Running Background Checks: If you wish to run background checks from your home office, then you can sign up through the National Tenant Network (NTN) OR you have the option of submitting a completed rental application for processing to one of the three WLA Offices: Everett, Olympia & Bremerton
If you wish to go through WLA for screenings, then please read our requirements below for submitting applications.
Rental Application Requirements:
Submitting Rental Applications for Screening: Applications can be submitted via email, fax or walk-in to ONE of the three WLA Offices provided below.
Please note: Only send rental applications to ONE of the WLA offices. If you send the same application to more than one office and it accidentally gets processed twice, then you will be charged twice.
General Turnaround for Reports: The results of the background check can be returned within a 24 hour period. The WLA offices are closed on the weekends, so any applications submitted afterhours on Fridays or over the weekend, will be processed Monday morning.
WLA Offices for Submitting Rental Applications:
Everett Office - call: 425-353-6929 | fax: 425-353-7132 | email everett@walandlord.com
Address: 3301 Rucker Ave. Suite A, Everett, WA 98201 | Opened M-F from 10am-5pm
Olympia Office - call: 360-350-0753 | fax: 360-252-6803 | email: olympiaoffice@walandlord.com
Address: 1219 11th Ave SE Suite 101, Olympia, WA 98501 | Opened M-F: 10am-5pm
Bremerton Office - call: 360-479-1683 | fax: 360-479-5611 | email bremerton@walandlord.com
Address: 645 4th Street, #204, Bremerton, WA 98337 | Opened Monday: 9am-5pm | Tuesday - Friday: 10am-5pm
Note: You must be an active WLA Member before running background checks on rental applicants.
To become a member, please click HERE!
Two Options for Running Background Checks: If you wish to run background checks from your home office, then you can sign up through the National Tenant Network (NTN) OR you have the option of submitting a completed rental application for processing to one of the three WLA Offices: Everett, Olympia & Bremerton
If you wish to go through WLA for screenings, then please read our requirements below for submitting applications.
Rental Application Requirements:
- WLA requires a signed and dated rental application submitted by an active WLA member or their representative. The signature is important because it gives WLA and the landlord permission to run background checks on perspective tenants. WLA offers a one page writable Rental Application from our website - located in the FORMS section. However, if you wish to use your own application, then that is fine as long as it is signed and dated by the applicant.
- The application must include their full name, birthdate, social security number, and past or current address. Without this key information, WLA is unable to complete the background check.
- WLA does not accept applications or application fees from perspective tenants. Any applications submitted by perspective tenants will not be screened.
- Before submitting applications, please review it to make sure that all the key information is included and that the handwriting is legible.
- Please include which reports you wish to run on the application or in the email or fax. Scroll down to review our report prices and descriptions.
Submitting Rental Applications for Screening: Applications can be submitted via email, fax or walk-in to ONE of the three WLA Offices provided below.
Please note: Only send rental applications to ONE of the WLA offices. If you send the same application to more than one office and it accidentally gets processed twice, then you will be charged twice.
General Turnaround for Reports: The results of the background check can be returned within a 24 hour period. The WLA offices are closed on the weekends, so any applications submitted afterhours on Fridays or over the weekend, will be processed Monday morning.
WLA Offices for Submitting Rental Applications:
Everett Office - call: 425-353-6929 | fax: 425-353-7132 | email everett@walandlord.com
Address: 3301 Rucker Ave. Suite A, Everett, WA 98201 | Opened M-F from 10am-5pm
Olympia Office - call: 360-350-0753 | fax: 360-252-6803 | email: olympiaoffice@walandlord.com
Address: 1219 11th Ave SE Suite 101, Olympia, WA 98501 | Opened M-F: 10am-5pm
Bremerton Office - call: 360-479-1683 | fax: 360-479-5611 | email bremerton@walandlord.com
Address: 645 4th Street, #204, Bremerton, WA 98337 | Opened Monday: 9am-5pm | Tuesday - Friday: 10am-5pm
WLA REPORT PRICES - PER PERSON:
- $13 Tenant Performance Report (Eviction / Landlord Info)
- $25 Decision Point (Tenant Performance Report / Credit Summary – not view)
- $25 Decision Point Plus (Tenant Performance Report / Credit Report – YES view)
- $40 Decision Point Plus & Washington / Oregon Criminal
- $50 Decision Point Plus & Nationwide Criminal
- $15 Basic Credit Report
- (Members have to come into the office to view the full credit report OR sign up through NTN to become certified.
- With NTN certification, you can order credit reports from your home office or have a WLA staff member email the full credit report, password-protected, to you. If you don't become certified or can't make it into our office, then a WLA staff member can send you a credit summary - Decision Point report).
- $12 Statewide Criminal
- $22 Nationwide Criminal
- $10 Social Security Search (Identifies previous addresses)
- $13 Landlord Verification
- $13 Employment Verification
** Nationwide Criminal includes all 50 states in the nation **
** Statewide Criminal includes Washington State & Oregon **
** Statewide Criminal includes Washington State & Oregon **
WLA Report Descriptions
Tenant Performance Report (Eviction and landlord information)
The Tenant Performance and Eviction Report gets to the truth of the matter. Since 1980, the nation's oldest national resident screening company, The National Tenant Network (NTN), has maintained the largest proprietary resident history database in the nation. Not only do they update local eviction filings daily, but they rely on property owners, like you, to provide information about your residents that can be shared across the network with other landlords and property owners.
Included in the Tenant Performance Report:
& Credit Report – yes see report)
NTN DecisionPoint delivers all the same analyses and benefits to our subscribers as NTN
DecisionPoint Plus, with the exception of viewing the applicant's credit report. The applicant's retail credit report is retained in the NTN national system for administrator's eyes only. This is for the small subscriber who does not qualify to receive retail credit reports under the new bureau rules.
NTN DecisionPoint provides all the information you need to make a sound rental decision:
Credit Report - Transunion (Credit Report - yes see report)
This is the actual credit report. The landlord must be inspected to see this report. Or, the landlord may have WLA process and view in office as done currently.
Additional Report Descriptions
* Social Security Search (Identifies Previous Addresses)
* Employment Verification / Landlord Verification
Please Note: If you are submitting a rental application to one of the WLA offices and you want to have the Employment Verification ran on your applicant, then one of the WLA officers will need to fax in the rental application to NTN. Employment Verification takes a few days to process.)
The Tenant Performance and Eviction Report gets to the truth of the matter. Since 1980, the nation's oldest national resident screening company, The National Tenant Network (NTN), has maintained the largest proprietary resident history database in the nation. Not only do they update local eviction filings daily, but they rely on property owners, like you, to provide information about your residents that can be shared across the network with other landlords and property owners.
Included in the Tenant Performance Report:
- Reveals if your tenant has ever been evicted.
- Includes other NTN subscriber experiences with your applicant.
- Lists the state of origin for your applicant's Social Security Number (SSN).
- Contains the NTN National Scan, accurate and reliable information that notifies you of previous
- Screenings for the Social Security Number.
- Verifies the landlord information, if available, for all addresses on the application.
- Includes National Terrorist Search results.
- Displays tenant-worthy ratings, if information is available.
& Credit Report – yes see report)
NTN DecisionPoint delivers all the same analyses and benefits to our subscribers as NTN
DecisionPoint Plus, with the exception of viewing the applicant's credit report. The applicant's retail credit report is retained in the NTN national system for administrator's eyes only. This is for the small subscriber who does not qualify to receive retail credit reports under the new bureau rules.
NTN DecisionPoint provides all the information you need to make a sound rental decision:
- Customizable rental recommendations to ensure consistent, verifiable procedures for every applicant.
- In-depth credit analysis presented in a simplified, summarized format.
- Subscriber defined resident selection criteria (e.g., anyone with a score less than 50 = reject; 50 and over = accept).
- Scores are based on an in-depth analysis of credit, eviction and lease violation history.
- Available to subscribers who have not undergone or passed on-site retail credit bureau inspection.
- Applicant's retail credit report is not provided for your review.
- Subscribers may define acceptable nuisance collections levels (e.g., applicant with medical collection less than $100 outstanding = accept, over $100 = reject).
- Comes with proprietary Tenant Performance Profile. Instant rejection letter provided, if applicable.
Credit Report - Transunion (Credit Report - yes see report)
This is the actual credit report. The landlord must be inspected to see this report. Or, the landlord may have WLA process and view in office as done currently.
Additional Report Descriptions
* Social Security Search (Identifies Previous Addresses)
* Employment Verification / Landlord Verification
Please Note: If you are submitting a rental application to one of the WLA offices and you want to have the Employment Verification ran on your applicant, then one of the WLA officers will need to fax in the rental application to NTN. Employment Verification takes a few days to process.)