Take A Confident Decision While Renting Out Property

By Author: Naman Vohra
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It is a known fact that crimes committed by tenants have been rampant. And, in most of such cases, landlords do not expect such an occurrence and such behavior from his/her tenant. The recent case of re-arrest of Bitihotra Mohanty, who was convicted of raping a German national, after he jumped parole more than six years ago is one such case which shows that with a little effort one can actually live a fake life. Bitti Mohanty was residing in a remote village in the Kannur district with a friend. Living by the name of Raghavan Rajan, Bitti Mohanty was working as a probationary officer in State Bank of Travancore.

Once can safely say that this shocking incident has somewhere been a result of laxity on the part of various parties, including the one who provided him space to live. Even though this rape case was one news story which was highly flashed on TV and was much talked about in the newspapers when it had happened, people had no recollection of this whatsoever. People around Bitti Mohanty gladly accepted him as Raghav Rajan.

For those who have rented their property to a tenant or are planning to have a tenant, ...
... this is a very pertinent case which clearly shows where can laxity on part of landlord lead to. It also raises questions in the mind of people such as what feasible precautions can be taken to avoid untoward happenings like this one. Or, how can a landlord ensure that whatever the tenant has claimed and whatever documents tenant has provided is absolutely true.

The ideal solution would be tenant verification. Although tenant verification has always been the answer to this menace, it is only now that people are taking notice of it. Tenant verification is a tool that puts the landlord in a better position to take a decision whether the person fits the bill as a tenant or not.

Tenant verification helps in verifying the authenticity of details given out by a prospective tenant. Details like potential tenant's permanent, previous and current addresses, education and employment background are checked during a tenant verification process. These checks are part of the many checks that form part of tenant verification in India.

At many times, it is better to get tenant verification done through a service provider that specializes in these services. It is because getting tenant verification done by a professional saves a lot of time and efforts of landlord. The landlord receives a comprehensive report, called verification report, which has a compilation of outcomes of each check. With this report, landlord feels more confident of his decision.

~Naman is associated with a leading retail background screening company that specializes in Tenant Verification