We were all ready to rent to a guy with a manslaughter conviction, but an otherwise perfect record.

I would not rent to any Felon that had a serious or violent felony conviction...., sure,  some felonies are less troublesome but I would draw the line

Conviction could possibly depending on the nature of the crime.

So, we obtain a full credit report and review collections, chargeoffs, age of credit accounts, active accounts, etc. to build an overall credit evaluation.Public RecordsWe also obtain data from national databases about evictions, convictions and sex-offender histories.

It can be intimidating at first but with conviction and willingness to learn from those with experience you will do great! 

When a tenant does this I believe it is my responsibility as a member of the landlord community to take that tenant to court and get a conviction regardless of the amount of money or the chances of collecting.

There are many violations of law that can lead to a felony conviction as well as civil suits that can then tarnish your reputation and character.

However, this is a situation when they deny that their partner has moved in but it appears like they live in the apartment building.This may happen because of bad credit or because of criminal convictions that they do not want to disclose.

-Section 2 top of page 2"Across the United States, African Americans and Hispanics are arrested, convicted and incarcerated at rates disproportionate to their share of the general population.

See NC REC case file D13-0168 for the grotesque details about what happens when a state governing body hands a convicted habitual felon a license to continue to steal from the public.