High tenant turnover, gun play, shootings, tenant property damage, domestic violence, high eviction rate, etc.

You require him to be screened, turns out he has a couple domestics, drug history, lost his job three months ago, and has a credit score of 540.

Here's an excerpt from a strategy I got from a blog called "The Dark Park" that I have used successfully in the past:...After digging through their website, I came across the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual.

Lastly, we have a clause in our leases pertaining to violent crime, drug activity, police-involved domestic incidents and the like, shall be sufficient cause to subject the tenant to eviction. 

I still haven't decided on whether to make it a domestic or foreign LLC in Missouri. 

___Chapter 4735: REAL ESTATE BROKERS4735.01 Real estate broker definitions.As used in this chapter:(A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following:(1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(2) Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(3) Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate;(4) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate;(5) Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants;(6) Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate;(7) Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate;(8) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners;(9) Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee.

Annual fee for domestic and foreign LLCs is ~$300.

Few days after close I was made aware one of the tenants had been locked up in jail (6 felonies and many counts of domestic violence).

Here are the marginal rates I found online for California.For single and married/registered domestic partners filing separately:1 percent on the first $8,544 of taxable income2 percent on taxable income between $8,545 and $20,2554 percent on taxable income between $20,256 and $31,9696 percent on taxable income between $31,970 and $44,3778 percent on taxable income between $44,378 and $56,0859.3 percent on taxable income between $56,086 and $286,49210.3 percent on taxable income between $286,493 and $343,78811.3 percent on taxable income between $343,789 and $572,98012.3 percent on taxable income of $572,981 and above

The registered agent can be either (option A) a domestic entity in TX or a foreign entity that is registered to do business in Texas or (option B) an individual resident of the state.