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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RentGrow Delivers Resident Screening with Comprehensive, Integrated Criminal
Public Records Data

Waltham, MA, June 18, 2008 —  RentGrow Inc., a leader in resident screening software for the multi-family housing industry, today announced the appointment of Lisa Legere as assistant director for Public Records to oversee its Public Records product team. With the increased demand for more comprehensive criminal public record data, RentGrow is expanding its team as part of its ongoing effort to provide the best and most complete public records sources for its resident screening software.

“Public records include everything from criminal and eviction data to landlord/tenant civil records. This issue is taking center stage for multi-family properties today,” said Michael Lapsley, president and CEO of RentGrow. “RentGrow is committed to proactively incorporating the best data sources and delivering the industry’s most comprehensive public records. We welcome Lisa’s leadership to allow us to continue to deliver quality data our clients rely on, in a format that fits into their screening process.”

Unlike national credit reports that are generally consistent, criminal screening is variable and decentralized. Therefore, many property management companies are unaware of some of the complexity involved in public records and, consequently, misunderstand the data they are using to make important rental decisions.

Under Legere’s direction, RentGrow’s Public Records team conducts ongoing research and analysis of the various available public records data sources and brings together the best combination of data to deliver the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available.

“RentGrow takes a very integrated and complete approach by weaving together the strongest regional and local criminal data providers into one superior nationwide criminal search within our TotalScreen solution,” said Legere.
RentGrow’s Public Records department oversees:

  • Criminal screening including high-quality national, state, and county databases with the most accurate criminal records available including National Sex Offender Registry (NSO) and OFAC/SDN Terrorist check;
  • Premium criminal screening option including using RentGrow’s Public Records team to filter, interpret and apply decision criteria to criminal records; and
  • Eviction/landlord & tenant records screening including databases of civil judgments, filed/pending landlord & tenant cases and non-monetary judgments (forcible entry/detainer) with reports containing defendants involved, plaintiff, case commentary, suits or petitions filed, and judgments.

About TotalScreen
Designed specifically for the multifamily industry, TotalScreen® is the most advanced and feature-rich web-based resident screening tool in the industry. TotalScreen empowers property managers with the competitive advantage to maximize rental revenue in any economic climate or region – while dramatically lowering risk and increasing numbers of acceptable applicants. With exceptional flexibility, speed, and accessibility, TotalScreen delivers comprehensive reporting options with access to the highest quality data, including: Credit Screening; Criminal and Premium Criminal Screening; Eviction/Landlord & Tenant Records Screening; National Address Search; Management Reporting; Pre-Employment Screening; and Business Profile Reports.

About RentGrow, Inc.
Headquartered in Waltham, MA, RentGrow (www.rentgrow.com) is a recognized leader in delivering robust, easy-to-use resident screening solutions to help management companies improve the performance of their properties. RentGrow’s solutions include: TotalScreen®, a proven, award-winning web-based resident screening tool for the conventional and affordable multi-family housing industries; and ScreeningWorks™, its newest resident screening solution for the small and independent rental owner marketplace. With more than a decade of experience, RentGrow offers property managers the most comprehensive and customizable decision systems for increasing rental revenue, lowering risk and bad debt, and ensuring FCRA and FHA compliance.

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Press Contact:
Marcia Goff
For RentGrow
508.416.3765
marcia@goffpr.com

 

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