What National Tenant Network does

National Tenant Network, Inc. (NTN) is a privately held resident screening company incorporated in Oregon in March 1980 by Edward F. Byczynski, who continues to serve as CEO. Headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, the company operates more than 35 regional offices across the United States and is positioned as the nation's oldest resident screening service. NTN's core offering combines credit reports from all three national bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion), multi-jurisdiction criminal background searches conducted by local courthouse researchers, employment and landlord verification, and the company's proprietary tenant history database—which the company describes as the largest in the nation and which is enriched each time subscribers contribute screening results. The flagship output is NTN DecisionPoint, a scored report that aggregates credit, eviction, lease violation, employment, and residence history into a single applicant score with an NTN Quality Assurance staff review, supplemented by the NTN Tenant Performance Profile report covering eviction history, SSN verification, OFAC screening, and prior landlord identification.

NTN monetizes through a hybrid model: a one-time $35 membership fee for lifetime subscriber access, paired with per-report transaction fees ranging from $8.50 (Tenant Performance Report) to $21.00 (credit report), with criminal and verification services priced between $10 and $20. The product suite extends beyond screening into property management tooling via NTN SecureLease (vacancy-to-lease workflow including application collection and lease generation), NTN SecurePay (online application fee and rent payment collection, integrated with EMS Corporate for merchant processing), NTN SecureManage (tenant payment portal), and NTN SecureApp (online tenant application intake). Customers include enterprise-level property managers, multi-family housing operators, public housing authorities requiring HUD and OIG Tenant Integrity Program-compliant reports, property investors, and individual landlords, with the Georgia regional office alone supporting over 5,000 subscribers. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and has maintained continuous independent operations for over four decades.

Name

National Tenant Network

Legal name

National Tenant Network, Inc.

Website

https://ntnonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

National Tenant Network is the nation's oldest resident screening company, providing credit, criminal, eviction, and verification reports through a proprietary tenant history database to property managers, landlords, and public housing authorities across 35+ regional U.S. offices since 1980.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tenant Screening Services

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Tenant & Rental Background Screening (BPAKAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Lease Administration & Tenant Services (BPAJAFAL)

Keywords

• Tenant screening services
• Resident background checks
• Credit reporting services
• Property management software
• Lease management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Oswego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Membership with On-Demand Reports: One-time NTN membership fee provides lifetime access to subscriber benefits and on-demand screening reports. Customers pay per-report fees for individual screenings including credit reports, criminal searches, and tenant performance profiles. Bulk pricing available for enterprise users.
2. Per-Report Transaction Fees: Transaction-based revenue from on-demand screening reports including credit reports ($21.00), tenant performance reports ($8.50), criminal searches ($15-$20), and verification services ($10).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

National Tenant Network sells subscription-based resident screening reports and property management software to landlords, property managers, and housing authorities. Subscribers receive credit reports from all three national bureaus, criminal background searches, eviction and lease violation history from NTN's proprietary tenant history database, scored DecisionPoint reports, and live verification services, complemented by online leasing, payment, and tenant management tools.

Product overview

National Tenant Network offers a suite of resident screening products organized around a core platform with several branded modules. The flagship products are NTN DecisionPoint and NTN DecisionPoint Plus, which provide scored screening reports with rental recommendations based on credit, eviction, and lease violation analysis. These core screening products are complemented by NTN Tenant Performance Profile, Credit Reports (from Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion), and Criminal Reports. NTN extends its platform with property management tools including NTN SecureLease (for vacancy listing, online applications, and lease generation), NTN SecurePay (for online payment collection), NTN SecureManage (tenant portal for rent payments), and NTN SecureApp (online tenant applications). Verification Services add employment and landlord reference checking. All services are delivered through a national network of over 35 regional offices to enterprise-level managers, multi-property firms, public housing authorities, and individual landlords.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NTN DecisionPoint: Comprehensive applicant screening tool that produces an overall score and rental analysis based on credit record, eviction history, and lease violations.
• NTN DecisionPoint Plus
• NTN SecureLease
• NTN SecurePay
• NTN SecureManage
• NTN SecureApp
• NTN Tenant Performance Profile

Products and services

• NTN DecisionPoint

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 billion dollars in annual rental losses due to tenant issues
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• RealPage: Large multifamily property management software suite that increasingly embeds resident screening. Competes with NTN by bundling screening into broader PM workflows and AI-driven leasing tools.
• Yardi: Comprehensive property management software platform serving multifamily and commercial operators. Provides screening integrations and competes with NTN's SecureLease/SecureManage suite as a one-stop workflow provider.
• AppFolio: Cloud property management software for residential and mixed-use portfolios. Embeds screening into its application workflow, competing with NTN at the SMB landlord and mid-market tier.
• First Advantage: Large background screening provider spanning employment, tenant, and tenant-related checks. Overlaps with NTN's criminal and verification services for property managers, particularly at enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• TransUnion SmartMove: TransUnion's tenant screening platform that pulls credit and background data for landlords and small property managers. Directly competes with NTN's DecisionPoint and credit/criminal reports, leveraging bureau-grade credit data at low marginal cost.
• Experian RentBureau: Experian's resident screening and rental payment reporting service. Competes head-to-head with NTN in credit-based tenant screening, with bureau data integration and reach into institutional property managers.
• CoreLogic (SafeRent): Property data and analytics provider whose SafeRent unit offers tenant screening and risk scoring. A direct competitor in scored resident screening, with additional property and mortgage data assets.
• RentGrow: Specialist resident screening company offering credit, criminal, eviction, and verification reports. Closely comparable to NTN's core screening portfolio with a similar SMB-to-mid-market customer focus.
• CIC (Credit Information Corp.) / CIC Tenant Screen: Specialist credit reporting and resident screening provider serving landlords and property managers. Directly comparable to NTN on credit-pull based screening for single-family and multifamily operators.

Emerging players

• Checkr: Modern, API-first background check platform with developer-friendly integrations. Comparable to NTN's criminal and verification services and a potential threat if property management software standardizes on Checkr's APIs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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