I had to call and ask about a prior conviction they told me I was fine right away.

The fact that you find out they are a convicted drug dealer is irrelevant since you will not be using that as a reason to reject.Take care to protect your business interests above all else or get out of the business in Seattle and other anti landlord jurisdictions..

In places like Miami-Dade county in Florida, there are now laws on the books that limit the number of days a convicted sexual predator can legally stay at a vacation rental that is within x# of feet from a school.

"Have you ever been convicted of a felony and/or a violent crime?"

There are other remedies than to convicting some wise guy for fraud.

Some services might show you what convictions are on a record, but not filings. 

Raleigh tried to pass regulations but then the NC General Assembly  passed a law that prevents cities from regulating Airbnb: https://indyweek.com/news/wake...Have strong conviction that this is the way of the future for travel and real estate investment.

I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination with Eastern NC, but I can say with some conviction that I serve clients that seek me out from all over the country to invest in Charlotte and Western NC and the performance of those acquisitions have been stellar to this point.

Anyone saying that with such strong conviction is probably selling the STR. 

Were they convicted?