It is a common misconception that public records, in particular, criminal records, are available to researchers online. Your end user customers may have the idea that you can simply log in to “the portal” and search the database to uncover any notable findings about their prospective employee or tenant. The myth is: All courthouses make… Read more

As a CRA, you need to know your research requests will be delivered quickly and accurately (and of course, at the lowest possible price). Every wholesale-level research provider in the industry promises fast, accurate results. But do you understand what it takes for them to really deliver those results day in and day out? We’ve… Read more

As a CRA, your customers count on you to provide them with accurate, timely, cost-effective background screening reports. You, in turn, rely on your public records research partners to provide you with data that is accurate, complete, timely, and cost-effective. Before you or your staff report information obtained from your research partners to your customers,… Read more

The complex, dynamic, and important world of public records research is highlighted in the range of blog posts that rose to the top of our most-read list for 2018. These posts generated the most attention from our readers over the course of 2018 and represent many of the key issues CRAs and the background as… Read more