How to advise other landlords of bad tenant

[Mariel DeVito]

Hi everyone - I have read it somewhere but do not remember.  Is it legal to come up with a list of tenants who current landlords need to watch out for?  I have a tenant who I am in the process of evicting now who has slipped through the cracks repeatedly.  There's admittedly some fault at my end in that I had relied too much on personal references and online background checks and never went to court records to view an applicant's file.  In addition to receiving complaints from the neighbors, I found out that the tenant lied on their application and used a personal friend to stand in as their last landlord.  Court records show that I am now going to be her fifth eviction and though I'm only asking to get my property back, the ones she left she is brought back to court for damages.  She uses people's weaknesses by saying that she is a single mother of two, with one having special needs.  She does not say that she is only keeping the children for the child support and has neglected care for both children.  She also does not tell you that the said special needs child is very destructive and has, on record, tried to start a fire at my rental property.  I know everyone needs a place to live but every landlord needs to be aware of what they are taking on.  I had a child with special needs and was a single mom at the time.  I can relate but I cannot relate at how deceitful she has been in the past years.