sales teams
Distinguish developer employment from independent brokerage or sales affiliation.
Industry verification planning
Background verification services for Realty
Use this guide for real-estate sales, leasing and project-support hiring, not property-title verification.
Start with the actual job
Role-specific planning for Realty
Property, project and facilities teams may be employed by different operating entities.
leasing coordinators
Clarify the leasing employer and responsibilities without collecting tenant files.
project support staff
Record the entity employing project-support staff.
Record the employer and site separately and obtain permission for professional references and address contact.
These are planning examples, not client case studies, mandatory check lists or a guarantee of hiring suitability.
Purpose before package
Checks to discuss and why they matter
These are starting points for agreeing a scope, not a blanket package for every person in this sector. Confirm duties, consent, source access and the employer's requirements first.
Identity Verification
Match the candidate's identity to the records being checked. Explain name changes or spelling differences before approaching sources.
Employment / engagement history
Capture developer, brokerage or agency name, relationship type and dates; a project sales badge does not establish direct developer employment.
Reference Verification
A permitted manager can clarify sales or leasing assignments while excluding confidential transaction details.
Court, police, database and other checks are not automatic additions. Agree their purpose, permitted sources and limitations separately. A name-only match is not a confirmed adverse finding. Review available services.
Prepare records, not excess data
Inputs for a Realty intake
Capture developer, brokerage or agency name, relationship type and dates; a project sales badge does not establish direct developer employment.
- Define the proposed duties and whether each past engagement was employment, contracting, deployment or another relationship.
- Prepare the candidate's agreed identity details, consent and an employer timeline with dates and any name changes.
- Identify authorised source contacts and explain unavailable documents, short assignments or conflicting names before dispatch.
For the reference verification scope
A permitted manager can clarify sales or leasing assignments while excluding confidential transaction details.
- Candidate consent
- Referee name, designation, and contact details
- Relationship to the candidate
Collect candidate documents only through the agreed secure intake. The public enquiry below is for business scope, not identity documents, employee records or account credentials.
Read the document preparation guideResolve ambiguity before a finding
Questions when screening Realty roles
How should commission-based real-estate work be described?
State whether it was employment, brokerage or an independent engagement. Agree the confirming source and report the relationship supported by evidence rather than assuming payroll status.
What if a record is incomplete or the source does not respond?
Request clarification, identify any agreed alternative source and distinguish an unavailable response from a confirmed discrepancy. The report should state which claim was checked, what the source returned and what remains unresolved. The employer makes its own policy decision.
How are the quote and completion window agreed?
Share candidate numbers, hiring roles, locations and the employers or qualifications per candidate. The quote and expected window depend on that scope, record completeness, source response and any field method. This guide does not publish a fixed price or guaranteed deadline.
Agree a practical scope
Discuss your Realty hiring
Share the roles and hiring locations. We will confirm the proposed checks, evidence requirements, exclusions and next steps.
No candidate documents are needed in this enquiry. Include only business requirements, not another person's sensitive records.