I currently have one sex offender and one armed robber renting from me and they have both been fine.

The box was filled with naked photos of her, pictures of her having sex with numerous men, and pictures of her having sex with many woman.

src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/FHLaws/yourrightsAnd the key section, emphasis added for the defined "classes":In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap:Refuse to rent or sell housingRefuse to negotiate for housingMake housing unavailableDeny a dwellingSet different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwellingProvide different housing services or facilitiesFalsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rentalFor profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) orDeny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.Not sure how renting only to section 8 tenants falls under those regulations.Now, some locations have additional classes.

That last one sounds like a sex offender of some sort, so that suspect would be a "never gonna be my tenant" in my criteria.

Rules don't see size, color, sex, family status, marital status, sexual orientation.

I cause 0 problems and no one has ever rejected me in real life... up to you though, just get his info and run him through sex offender database... tell him you have other folks looking too and you will get back to him... then you can just run a search on him yourself in google i'm sure. some people just don't trust s*** I'm one of them and i don't trust anything but my 2 dogs and my wife... so yeah he could be a good dude lolEdit: With that said if it was my property I wouldn't take him.

As most have already said, as long as you haven't accepted them yet, you should be fine as long as your decision follows the Fair Housing Act (meaning you're declining of their application is not based on Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), Familial Status, or Disability). 

Rob K. has stated he has such a house so maybe he will tell us what sort of occupants he gets there and what the vacancy statistics are for such a house:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/78849-difficult-to-rent-sfh-with-sex-offender-across-street?

I was like you and considered a couple with the boyfriend being a registered sex offender, but I backed out once being told by his parol offer that his picture would have to be posted around the neighborhood block as warning.

Here is my process for EVERYONE.Complete a rental appProvide their last 4 paystubs (all working adults)Run credit check (this for me verifies possible rto clients)Criminal Background ChecksLandlord verifications for last 2 years(and addresses that show on credit report)Sex Offender check(know one wants that kind of drama)Plus phone interview.Im just a stickler on tenants.