Please helpContact the district attorney/state's attorney/whatever and institute criminal charges.

So of limited use for prosecution.

And Northpointe is criminally bad. 

Not sure what happened with this case - hopefully he's prosecuted and convicted. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/1168199-fraud...  

Do you know how to read the credit/criminal background?

Criminals and homeless will typically move on to an easier target.It is better to spend $1,000 - $2,000 to properly secure the property than to continually deal with these problems and expenses.

Do attorneys take criminal cases without getting paid a sum up front ? 

If you are able, and I say IF you can find off market properties and you present your self to the seller as a wholesaler, that may be diffrent, but then you run into marketing real estate with out a license which if I understand correctly it's a criminal offense in nys.

Not to mention the fact that the criminals, once identified, can be counted on to dig themselves in even deeper on the way to realizing their jig is up. 

Let me ask you this: is it fair to require a natural-born US citizen to submit to a credit/criminal background check, but then waive that requirement for someone in the country illegally?