Things I will typically not overlook are violent crimes, domestic abuse situation, sex offenders, crimes involving fraud.

A guy shows up on the sex offender registry for an offense in 2004 as a 34-year-old man.

I set out 45-50 letters to absentee owners and one of the letters cam back with the yellow "return to sender" stickers.

Are the tenants paying for CAM or common area maintenance?

A very high chance I'll get traction and make an income right away.I've considered several career paths to give me an immediate stable income without a four year degree including:Escrow assistant, agent or officerTitle officerReal estate note investingBuying and selling raw landWholesalingCertified Apartment Manger (CAM)That's my initial plan.

Our leasing criteria consists of:• Requiring gross monthly income to be 3 times the rent• Must not have an eviction within the past 5 years• Credit score of 500 or more• Pass background screening for criminal, public offenses and sex offenses• Verification of application information, including employment verification and landlord verification To provide to Motor City Property Managers:• Keys for each property• Driver’s license• Deed for each property• Banking information if you would like your funds ACH-ed to you• A check for $500 (this will be used to fund the required $250.00 reserve for each property)• Certificate of Occupancy (if this has been issued – on Friday I will have you meet with Tanya, our Inspection Coordinator so we can evaluate where you are in the process and what additional steps need to be taken)

The rent check will contain CAM and the monthly rent. 

And this next go-round, keep your baseline expectations firm as far as screening; proceed with the full spectrum of screening (an option that lets you pull not only their credit score, but also a full breakdown of their credit history, and also includes a nationwide criminal background check, sex offender registry list, and eviction history check).

Went thru my agents broker and they cam back at 4%.

Sounds to me you need to fire your agent and sue everybody involved for fraud @Chung Cam.