*Source: National Apartment Association, Q4 2025
Validates the applicant's identity and returns a full address history to anchor downstream searches to the right jurisdictions.
Searches county court records across jurisdictions tied to the applicant's address history. County courts handle the majority of criminal prosecutions in the U.S.
Queries hundreds of millions of public records across state and national databases to surface history not captured at the county level.
Public registry data from all 50 states, D.C., and tribal territories. Required by many state landlord-tenant laws.
Modified credit report showing payment history, open accounts, collections, public records, and bankruptcies. No score. No impact on applicant credit.
Civil court records for eviction filings, unlawful detainer actions, judgments, and monetary claims. Most predictive indicator of future rental risk.
For renter loyalty programs, property management platforms, and PropTech companies, Turn offers TurnOS: the screening infrastructure layer that lets you offer tenant screening under your own brand, with full control over the applicant experience.
Platforms built on TurnOS set their own pricing to end users. Turn handles CRA registration, FCRA compliance, adverse action, disputes, and bilingual candidate support, so your team never touches compliance operations.
Applicants stay inside your platform from start to finish, with no redirects to Turn-branded pages. You set pricing and own the full experience.
CRA registration, FCRA workflows, adverse action notices, dispute resolution, and audit logging. You certify permissible purpose, Turn does the rest.
API-only integrations go live in days. Fully native embedded experiences take 2 to 12 weeks depending on depth.
Whether you're processing 100 or 100,000 applications per month, Turn's infrastructure scales with you. SOC 2 Type II and PBSA certified.
Live in days
2 to 4 weeks
2 to 12 weeks
Turn is the registered CRA of record for every check. You certify permissible purpose. FCRA, adverse action, disputes, and bilingual support are all handled by Turn.
| Provider | Turn | TransUnion SmartMove | TenantBackgroundSearch | RentPrep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Bundle Price | $39.95 | $40.00 | $35.95 | $49.00 |
| Criminal Records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7-Year County Criminal Turn Only | ✓ | × | × | × |
| Soft Credit (No Score Impact) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eviction History | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Volume Pricing Turn Only | ✓ | × | × | 50+ doors only |
| API / Platform Embedding Turn Only | ✓ | × | × | × |
Turn's median tenant screening turnaround is 6 hours. Most platforms are instant for database checks but lag on county criminal lookups. Turn validates records at the source.
Turn uses a soft pull, so applicants never take a credit hit. The modified report still shows payment history, collections, and public records, with no score included.
National database searches alone can miss records that only exist at the county court level. Turn's bundle includes 7 year county criminal searches tied to the applicant's address history.
Eviction filings, unlawful detainer actions, and judgments pulled from civil court records. A single eviction costs the average landlord $7,655 in legal fees, lost rent, and turnover.
Turn workflows automatically apply FCRA requirements, EEOC guidance, and state-specific fair chance and fair housing rules. Adverse action notices are fully automated.
No subscriptions, no platform fees, and no minimum volumes at the standard tier. Pricing drops automatically as your application volume grows month over month.
Independently audited. Annual testing.
Fully automated consent, disclosure, and adverse action.
EEOC guidance and state fair chance rules applied automatically.
Professional Background Screening Association accredited.
All PII encrypted at rest and in transit.
Every action timestamped and logged. Available for review.
Aligned workflows for information security management.
English and Spanish candidate support included.
A single eviction costs more than 200 tenant screening reports. Turn makes it fast, affordable, and fully compliant to screen every applicant before they sign a lease.
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