I state in my ads that I require a credit & criminal check, as well as a full security deposit.

From looking on here this is what I have come up with so far:  This site is full of great information.tenant emails a craigslist ad and gets an auto response directing them to our web site and to fill out a form to schedule a showing,  this form also pre screens the tenants, asks income, eviction, criminal,  questions ect.my yard signs will also direct people to our web site and each house has a google voice number with the property details and again directs them to the web site. 

I think my course of action will be as follows....IF they submit an app and there are no other areas of concern where I would normally reject them, such as insufficient income, prior evictions, drug/violent criminal charges and so on I will contact my attorney for proper guidance.

I do turn down about 95% of applicants because they have recent evictions or criminal activity.Good Luck,Mike

They might be illegal, They might not.US citizens who are wanted by the law have been known to pretend to be illegal so nobody runs a criminal check on them.The truth is that unless you have the SS# and run the credit report and the criminal background, you have absolutely no idea whom you are renting to.Without a valid SS#, you might not even have their real names.Also, be careful about stacking.

If there is fraud and can prove it to the police, they will attach his assets and you would be entitled to restitution that would be ordered by a criminal court.

She is breaking her fiduciary responsibility and could even face criminal charges.If she tells the owner that she has an offer for them and that she has not listed the property on the system yet they can approve the deal.

Hopefully, you guys are having better luck with your short term/borderline criminal tenants. 

Areas of practice will include criminal law, real estate, wills and probate, powers of attorney, landlord-tenant, immigration, child custody and support, divorce, business, debt collection and more.

Then you need to get written consent to perform a check and can ONLY consider the LAST THREE YEARS of criminal history.