Car rental people want to be sure they are not "ripped off" over their rental deal with a customer. The idea is to leave a significant amount of cash with them OR the ability to charge to a card that will accept a significant charge. The pre-paid card has to have a high amount of cash available to it, or it will not be accepted. If you do not have a credit card (even American Express that requires balance paid in full at billing will work!) and cannot get someone to help you out in securing the car, you may have to get $500 cash as a deposit...
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Generally, yes.
That depends if the place your renting is doing a credit check on you. Not all landlords do credit checks.
Whether you pass a credit check for renting depends on your credit history and score. If you have a good credit score and a history of making payments on time, you are more likely to pass the credit check. If you have a poor credit history or a low credit score, you may have difficulty passing the credit check.
Renting an apartment in the U.S. can be difficult if you do not have established credit, as most apartment complexes will run a credit check. A possible solution might be to check for a private individual renting a house, (or part of a house), on a free classified listing page, such as Craigslist
Credit you have received and criminal background. You can run a background check and pull your own credit report to make certain of the details pertaining to you.
Yes it is safe to do an online background check. Make sure you are ordering the background check from a website that is secured (https) so that your information will not be stolen.
No. A background check is required to purchase a firearm from a dealer. If you are renting a firearm to use at a range, they may choose to run a background check.
Secured credit cards are the best option for individuals with no credit history that do not require a credit check.
You need to provide your background, financial history, address, name. All of the usual stuff that identifies you as who you are and as a good credit risk. The company will take that info and check you out.
You just have to ask each individual renter. There is no list I know of that indicates who does or does not do a credit check before renting.
you just have to check around because not everyone does a background check!
Geico runs a criminal background check, a credit check and an education verification.