Should I rent to a tenant with a prior domestic abuse offense?

[Lawrence Hsu]

We a newbie investors.  We have a class A condo in HCOL area that we self-manage.  There has been some other interest so far, but only 1 application since we started showing 1 week ago.  We have co-applicants who are cousins that are both young professionals with good credit and income.  There would be no other occupants.  One is a young physician starting his practice.  However, his background check revealed a misdemeanor domestic abuse conviction in 2016, for which he was given 2 years probation.  This appeared to be an arrest from abuse of the domestic partner at the time.

Are we overthinking this one and should we ignore this?  Or, should this be more concerning?  We are willing to be patient to find a good tenant if needed.  Thanks in advance for any advice!

[Dennis M.]

I wouldn’t just judge the guy on that . For all you know a crazy drunk EX scratched and beat the crap out of the guy , he hit back to defend himself and cops were called resulting in a charge on him . These things happen all the time .