How do you prescreen tenants at first contact, and do you have a form for providing for a full criminal background and credit check?

If you choose to accept a offender whether it is sex or some other capital offense there is very little other residents can do about it aside from moving.

but in my opinion and I have been working in the asset class for 2 decades now and owned close to 500 of these.. if you have this issue now there is a high likelihood of repeat offenses..Many times the tenants themselves will take the items or hand the keys to their cousin who strips the home.. 

No offense but Ohio is one of the last places I would look for new investments.

Glowing report from current landlord, all income verified, no criminality, bad credit but mostly because there isn't enough history.TransUnion's only real flag (besides the credit) is that SSN may be invalid, and I'm not sure how to take it.

Originally posted by @Dave Hanks: In short, Zillow offers is probably right for certain owners, it is definitely wrong for investors.I would say with confidence that zillow offers is wrong for any home seller, their format is horrible and their re-trading techniques border criminal.

Just make sure that you screen her thoroughly (i.e. credit, criminal and evictions history) so that you don't end up with someone who doesn't pay or pays late every month. 

I will also be very clear with my property manager about tenant screening (prior evictions, criminal records, etc.). 

To me, as long as you are getting their FICO score (Not the Vantage score b/s that they are promoting), criminal and eviction history, you are pretty much set.

Having strong tenant screening practices in place helps - my manager charges $40 per credit check and doesn't make much off it, but checks court records, criminal records, credit, and so on.