Integrated screening system and method for tenants and rental applicants
First Claim
1. A method for determining an undesirable applicant for rental of property comprising the steps of:
- providing a system including a tenant default database and at least a screening function for determining the identity of a potential undesirable tenant, said default database including the identity of an undesirable tenant based on criteria selected from a group consisting of a person'"'"'s name, social security number, date of birth, date of previous lease violation, identity of property violated, monies owing from said previous violation and a reason for entry in said default database;
providing access to said default database by selected plural users; and
querying said default database by at least one of said users to determine if a record exists for an applicant for rental on said default database based on said criteria.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying potential undesirable applicants for rental of properties, particularly residential apartments, and for increasing the collection rate for monies owed by defaulting tenants. The system and method may be provided by an entity which may also be a debt collection service and who maintains a tenant default database as well as a debt receivable database and screening reports database. Users of the system and method, such as apartment complex managers and other landlords, may make entries of irresponsible or defaulting tenants and make queries of applicants for apartment rentals or rentals of other property so as to avoid undesirable tenants. Data entry and retrieval may be carried out via a communications network, such as the Internet.
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1. A method for determining an undesirable applicant for rental of property comprising the steps of:
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providing a system including a tenant default database and at least a screening function for determining the identity of a potential undesirable tenant, said default database including the identity of an undesirable tenant based on criteria selected from a group consisting of a person'"'"'s name, social security number, date of birth, date of previous lease violation, identity of property violated, monies owing from said previous violation and a reason for entry in said default database;
providing access to said default database by selected plural users; and
querying said default database by at least one of said users to determine if a record exists for an applicant for rental on said default database based on said criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A system for recording and providing information related to an undesirable tenant for rental of property, said system being accessible by a computer processor and an electronic communications network, said system comprising a tenant default database and means for providing at least a screening function for determining the identity of an undesirable tenant, said default database including the identity of an undesirable tenant based on criteria selected from a group consisting of a person'"'"'s name, social security number, date of birth, date of previous lease violation, identity of property violated, monies owing from said previous violation and a reason for entry in said default database.
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