Its not only legal, its necessary. Getting a tenent out once they've signed a lease can be a nightmare so why would you want to take a chance not knowing the type of person you may be renting to???? I did it when renting a room,after all their in my home so I needed to know the character of this person and a credit report is usually pretty good gauge. You can tell the party that they have to pay for the credit check (usually $10.00) but you wil [Big Grin] l take it off the first months rent if they qualify, if not then adios muchacho.....