We do a criminal background, credit check, and call past landlords.  

5) I would like to run Criminal and other backgrounds on potential tenants.

I still run credit check, criminal check and eviction history. 

For a lender, that means 22 different laws and regulations at the federal level alone.That does not mean doing what you propose is impossible - it just means you have to be willing to invest time, effort, and money in getting your operation right or face the fact you are engaged in a criminal activity.The other question you asked about parks not working with you.

I can't buy the theory that the entire city will gentrify.. the criminals have to live somewhere.

Most criminals like the internet because they can remain faceless.

If you look at the Apartment complexes on Dale Mabry South, they are full of criminals.

@Timothy Metra   The only time the veil of another LLC could be pierced is if: 1) you were co-mingling money between the LLCs, 2) you were purposely depleting the money and not leaving enough to pay the bills while engorging yourself or other LLCs, or 3) you were involved in criminal activity and especially if the LLC was used to launder money of your criminal activity.Jen the lawyer

I started at the IRS in 1996 - twenty one years ago, and after I started I was promoted to the Criminal Investigation Division.

It's just too bad we can't actually get these people charged with a criminal offense.