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COMMERCIAL TENANT CREDIT EVALUATION

Understand the strength and financeability of future lease income on your commercial properties by getting maximum disclosure on tenants.

For basic business information you can go to Hoovers, for more detailed reports you must become a subscriber.

For publicly traded companies, check SEC filings.

For credit ratings of companies: Moody's and S&P are good sources. (Registration required)

For a search of filings, court records, and the general and business press, you can get a one-time search from Lexis-Nexis.com ($$).

For privately held firms the best available source is usually a Dun & Bradstreet Report($$).

Additional corporate credit ratings can be found at Cap Lease.