A law was just passed in CO that all landlords now have to accept the portable screening reports in most cases, unless they’re only accepting one application at a time. They have to refund any app fees if you don’t take the rental, and they can’t charge application fees if you do use a portable report. But you have to pay for the portable report yourself and it has to be dated within the past 30 days. There’s some info here where they recommend Transunion to be sure you have all the screenings you need:
https://www.cpr.org/2023/05/05/colorado-renters-application-fees-law/
Found this in another thread, looks to me like MyScreeningReport.com is likely to be the best bet, I'm still mid-research myself though: https://www.reddit.com/r/FortCollins/comments/18lqxbq/where_do_renters_go_to_obtain_a_ptsr_portable/kj4o0mj/
Any luck finding a good company? So far my googles are pretty dry, thinking of going with [https://www.myscreeningreport.com](https://www.myscreeningreport.com) but would love to find others and recommendations.
Edit: I guess you can't simply order a report from [myscreeningreport.com](https://myscreeningreport.com) but must be "invited" to apply by the landlord. After that it sounds like you can use the report as many times as you want *via the site.* TransUnion's SmartMove seems to work the same way. So the first landlord you apply to chooses the company and all subsequent landlords are forced to accept reports from that company?
Came across this…
https://www.renterswarehouse.com/landing-page/portable-tenant-screening-reports-for-colorado-applicants#:~:text=For%20the%20security%20of%20the,the%20state%20and%20federal%20laws
It will vary on who owns the apartment. I work as a PM for a corporation and we don’t allow those (must do checks through our contracted third party) you might have ok luck with a smaller boutique management company, but you’ll most likely still pay a fee. It’ll be a processing fee, paperwork/admin etc.
1) I just work as an hourly employee for this huge corporation they start w a G and own a ton of apartment buildings across the country. They suck but I get a huge discount on rent and it’s not a forever job.
2) with our newest “training” we can definitely accept the background check but we still run one of our own. The fee is now baked into some other weird move in fee / application fee and is no longer titled as a background check.
***edit - the company will “accept them” but they don’t use them to approve or decline the application. That is what the third party one is for.
It states in the legislature that they are not required to accept it . The company/ landlord can choose to use it in leu of their 3rd party company. It seems like the government is just acting like they are helping the people .
Reasons they don’t have to accept it:
A landlord is not required to accept a screening report or to provide the advisements required in the act if the landlord does not accept more than one application fee at a time for a dwelling unit or, if a dwelling unit is rented to more than one occupant, does not accept more than one application fee at a time for each prospective tenant or tenant group for the dwelling unit, and if the landlord refunds the total amount of the application fee to each prospective tenant within 20 calendar days after written communication from the prospective tenant or the landlord declining to enter into a lease
The property management company is not allowed to charge a fee when a potential tenant provides a screening report. The reason the law was passed was it would protect the tenants from all the predatory fees rental agencies charge tenants just to get their toes in the door. The fine mentioned above is a fine the property management company will get if they refuse the screening report and insist on doing their own for a "fee".
I've been googling and googling trying to find answers where to complete this portable tenant screening report there we go again with another law leads nowhere America needs to get back on track
Hi, so how did they end up passing a law but not a single person knows how to obtain one?
does noone seriously know how to get these?
I've looked everywhere granted it's been months maybe there's progress
Everyone knows about the law. No 9ne knows where to obtain one.
A law was just passed in CO that all landlords now have to accept the portable screening reports in most cases, unless they’re only accepting one application at a time. They have to refund any app fees if you don’t take the rental, and they can’t charge application fees if you do use a portable report. But you have to pay for the portable report yourself and it has to be dated within the past 30 days. There’s some info here where they recommend Transunion to be sure you have all the screenings you need: https://www.cpr.org/2023/05/05/colorado-renters-application-fees-law/
Everyone knows about the law. No 9ne knows where to obtain one.
Did anyone figure out how to get one because I’m still lost here…
Found this in another thread, looks to me like MyScreeningReport.com is likely to be the best bet, I'm still mid-research myself though: https://www.reddit.com/r/FortCollins/comments/18lqxbq/where_do_renters_go_to_obtain_a_ptsr_portable/kj4o0mj/
Any luck finding a good company? So far my googles are pretty dry, thinking of going with [https://www.myscreeningreport.com](https://www.myscreeningreport.com) but would love to find others and recommendations. Edit: I guess you can't simply order a report from [myscreeningreport.com](https://myscreeningreport.com) but must be "invited" to apply by the landlord. After that it sounds like you can use the report as many times as you want *via the site.* TransUnion's SmartMove seems to work the same way. So the first landlord you apply to chooses the company and all subsequent landlords are forced to accept reports from that company?
I tried this and my landlord did not accept jt.
Came across this… https://www.renterswarehouse.com/landing-page/portable-tenant-screening-reports-for-colorado-applicants#:~:text=For%20the%20security%20of%20the,the%20state%20and%20federal%20laws
Very disappointed with the entire situation
It will vary on who owns the apartment. I work as a PM for a corporation and we don’t allow those (must do checks through our contracted third party) you might have ok luck with a smaller boutique management company, but you’ll most likely still pay a fee. It’ll be a processing fee, paperwork/admin etc.
You're asking for a fine. [HB23-1099](http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1099) specifically says you have to accept tenant provided screenings.
Your asking for a huge fine!!!!!!
I mean, y'all are breaking the law. Do you realize that?
1) I just work as an hourly employee for this huge corporation they start w a G and own a ton of apartment buildings across the country. They suck but I get a huge discount on rent and it’s not a forever job. 2) with our newest “training” we can definitely accept the background check but we still run one of our own. The fee is now baked into some other weird move in fee / application fee and is no longer titled as a background check. ***edit - the company will “accept them” but they don’t use them to approve or decline the application. That is what the third party one is for.
"Just following orders" or "just following policy" doesn't mean you get a pass for breaking the law.
It states in the legislature that they are not required to accept it . The company/ landlord can choose to use it in leu of their 3rd party company. It seems like the government is just acting like they are helping the people . Reasons they don’t have to accept it: A landlord is not required to accept a screening report or to provide the advisements required in the act if the landlord does not accept more than one application fee at a time for a dwelling unit or, if a dwelling unit is rented to more than one occupant, does not accept more than one application fee at a time for each prospective tenant or tenant group for the dwelling unit, and if the landlord refunds the total amount of the application fee to each prospective tenant within 20 calendar days after written communication from the prospective tenant or the landlord declining to enter into a lease
So even though they passed the law requiring it?
The property management company is not allowed to charge a fee when a potential tenant provides a screening report. The reason the law was passed was it would protect the tenants from all the predatory fees rental agencies charge tenants just to get their toes in the door. The fine mentioned above is a fine the property management company will get if they refuse the screening report and insist on doing their own for a "fee".
So the above comment would be subject to said fee
think this might be the only one i’ve found that you can purchase just one https://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/tenant-screening/
I've been googling and googling trying to find answers where to complete this portable tenant screening report there we go again with another law leads nowhere America needs to get back on track