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Free Credit Check
Many letting agents insist that you have to have a credit check or credit score. They like to charge YOU, the prospective tenant for this, with charges reaching 50 - 150 per person.
We recommend that before you start out looking to rent a property you get your credit history checked and get your latest credit report and have a good look at it.
Your credit report is likely to be several pages long as the more you have moved the more pages will be on your credit report, and it shows your credit score or fico score as it is sometimes referred to.
You might be very surprised at who has been making entries on your credit report. When you do your credit check you can see how many payments have been made late, the addresses you have been located at and who has located you there, any finance loan or credit card that you have taken out OR has been taken out in your name.
There are several companies or credit bureau's that offer FREE credit reports, free fico scores or credit reports. These companies included Experian, Transunion, and Equifax to name a few.