From that last link: "Look at the risks the owners take to collect illegal rent: civil and criminal charges in the event of death, that certainly means possible incarceration; no insurance coverage because of misrepresentation to the insurance company and income tax evasion charges from the IRS and [state] taxing authorities.

Hi @Jonathan KlemmThe new law will allow many criminals to walk out of jail on January 1st and will eliminate cash bail for non violent crimes.

One of the hottest class action suits - and growing - is against landlords who refuse to rent to those with a criminal background.

Leave a voicemail that tells them what your rental criteria is (income, credit, pets or no pets, etc.) and that you require a full credit/criminal on every adult at a cost of $XX per person.

For screening, some things your should make sure to stringently check are credit history, rental history, income/employment verification and a criminal background check.

It is a criminal issue, and I would report it to the police, and if it was via USPS to a postal inspector.

An updated article for landlords out there on criminals who have served their time becoming a protected class:http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/doj-wa...  

I could see the police responding if there is some specific criminal activity in progress that they need to deal with, but it's not likely the police are going to go house shopping with you - even if it is in a rough neighborhood. 

That does increase the likelihood of a federal criminal prosecution.  

its quite humorous the basically no money wholesaling community would hold this guy out as their hero.. he ripped a huge profit deal ( had it closed)... those of us in the industry look at this as basically a criminal act..