Credit Checks?

I'm putting in applications for apartments and they say that they do credit checks.what exactly is a credit check?? What are they actually looking at?Can you get denied an apartment because of your credit?How do you know if you will have a bad credit check??A Credit Check is done quite often. They go to a Credit Checking Company. This company checks to see how much you owe, owe to who, do you pay on time or not. This tells them if you are a person they want to do business with or not. It can also decide what the fiance rate will be. If you are paying your bills on time, your OK; if not your a died beat. They can mix you up with someone else, or report an item wrong so it is a good Idea to review your report once a year and address any mistakes that they have at that time.