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DGS 114: Everything You Need to Know About Federal Criminal Reports with Jason Waggoner
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Before you accept a bunch of cash from applicants who drive up in a BMW to rent a property for a few years, check criminal background reports. Otherwise, you could end up with drug dealers with grow operations as tenants. You may be their next victim!
Today, I am talking to Jason Waggoner of ACUTRAQ, which offers accurate and reliable criminal background reports. He knows what property owners/managers deal with when it comes to tenants and how ACUTRAQ makes a difference in communities.
You'll Learn...[01:50] Who is Jason? Started out by fixing and customizing cars to selling vacuums.
[02:40] Buyer's Remorse? Selling a vacuum to the right person led to ACUTRAQ job.
[05:00] Federal vs. Multi-state Databases: Criminal reports are important, but don't capture all crimes and court activity.
[07:02] Federal vs. State Crimes: Federal reports include most heinous crimes.
[09:41] Don't Ask, Don 't Tell? Avoid lawsuits and being liable for renting to criminals.
[13:45] Aliases: Know tenants by all their names via social trace for criminal history.
[15:41] Why use ACUTRAQ? What does it offer compared to others? ACUTRAQ specializes in where accurate information comes from and how it's relayed to landlords.
TweetablesACUTRAQ: We love what we do. We love making a difference in the community.
Some state criminal background systems generate reports that have a lot of holes for criminals to crawl through.
If landlords don't do background checks, it doesn't take long to destroy rental properties.
When you run a background check, know applicant's past alias names...all of them.
ResourcesACUTRAQ's Phone: 479- 439-9174
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)
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