Tenant with criminal background

[Pedro Jean]

I have a prospective tenant who came to a showing today. He really liked the place. When I pointed him to MyRental.com for the screening process, (I used MyRental.com for all my screenings) he immediately told me that he had a criminal background and he just got out of jail a few months ago. He’s working on getting his life together and blah, blah, the sob story. He is working now and he makes enough to cover the rent.

Now my question is, would any of you rent to a tenant with a criminal background, I know everybody deserves a 2nd chance, but I don’t want to risk renting to someone who’s going to cause problems in the property?

Any thoughts would greatly appreciated