These are things you need to factor into your purchase price.One thing to combat @Jeremy Hart point about tenants failing out or stopping payments is to require a parent as a cosignatory.  

Going the way of claiming a lease is a fraudulent document is potentially complicated.

Hi BP,I recently purchased a REO property in Georgia. The occupants who are currently living there I suspect are squatters. I've seen the house and it's a total mess. Police have frequented the property on many occasi...

This is a criminal offense and with proof of the fraudulent act, the Labor commission could also file charges for filing a false claim against the employee.

Proof being the Combat bug containers.Clause 7 in your lease in regard to pest control is a standard clause in any lease agreement.

They don't even have an eviction order at the time of that writing so it could be another 9k as she plays the system.When i read the link that Roy N. posted, the name she gave the landlords was not "NINA WILLIS", so they were given fraudulent identity by Nina; had they done the proper due diligence in performing background checks / screening, that is something that should have become uncovered and thus they would have been able to decline that tenant application regardless of the name used.  

Hey guys, my mom served in the army for three years during the Vietnam war (but was not deployed overseas). I'd like to help her get qualified for a VA loan so that she can finally get a house of her own (she's still ...

To combat this, I prefer to look at the big ticket items(roof, water heater, HVAC etc) and if they're all in good shape then I know I can afford to be aggressive.

We don't want others to fall victim to this scam/fraudulent activity in the future hence as information becomes public we like to share it so others are informed.

In your experience, is there a way to combat that during the offer making process?