They have numerous evictions, a theft record, the good tenant says they steal her stuff and their kids pull pieces of the house off (siding corners), and best for last, when they failed to pay the electric and it got turned off, they switched the meters, which of course is dangerous and put the good tenant in a mess with the electric co that was sending her the bills!!!

I thought great, we haven't found the perfect rental yet and I won't have to make the drive again.My broker says not to trust them, that they will steal my commission if I am not there for it but that if I have it in writing (via email) that the agent understands I am representing them and will be entitled to my portion of the commission if they rent the unit.Do you think this is enough protection?

The very next house is identical to my property and is a 3 family.

For instance, consider two properties on the same block that are virtually identical but one has a carport.

In addition to the 7 federal classes, this state adds:Public Assistance (Sec. 8, welfare, SSI, TANF, etc), Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (including transgender), Marital Status, Military or Veteran Status, Age (except 55+ communities) and AncestryYou can discriminate against non-protected classes, like illegal drug users - but if it has a disparate impact on a protected class, it still may be subject to challenge.If your unit is not de-leaded, you can still not refuse to rent to a family with kids under 6 years of age.

This is not locked out because I forgot my password it was because my identity needs to be verified.

Right through to actually stealing clients money.  

Check hudhomestore if there is a steal in your market maybe you can take advantage of the owner occupied time period and really have an advantage.Good luck, its a good time for you to house hack. 

What he’s probably doing is allowing other tenants to use your internet which is essentially stealing.

I run the property managment as a DBA, Lovely Living Property Management, so that I can hide my identity but it's not incorporated at all.