If you're not screening your prospective tenants and employees by doing a criminal background check you may be taking a risk.

A recent court case in Philadelphia was settled for $1.2 million, after a maintenance man living on-site beat and strangled an elderly tenant while she was taking a bath.

Attorneys for the estate of the slain tenant charged that if the owners had checked the maintenance man's criminal record before hiring him, they would have discovered he was on parole for robbing a tenant at a nearby complex.

While we cannot completely eliminate your risk when hiring on-site staff or renting out your property, we can greatly reduce your chances of renting to a convicted criminal. You can order a criminal records check on your applicant from Rental Research  for only $10. Currently criminal data is available from 35 states with more states coming soon.

It may be the best investment you've made in a long time.