If they owe money and do not pay they are criminals in my book and I treat them accordingly.To simply decide it will not pay off and therefor is not worth seeking justice is a defeatist attitude.

Almost half of my portfolio has Section 8 tenants in it and as non section 8 people move out i try to move in more Section 8 tenants but i make sure my property manager screens them THOROUGHLY....not with just what's on paper regarding credit report, income and past criminal activity (If any).....I make sure my PM screens to make sure they have no pets, no evictions, no smoking OF ANY KIND and no felonies and we still get TONS of people calling...the biggest problem becomes picking someone from who is left.   

If they ask for it to be in your name, don't rent to them.Do a credit check and a criminal record check.

I started going there since about 1990 from SoCal for fun and vacations so i've watched it evolve over the years from a dusty gambling town to an international resort destination and I see huge opportunity there over the next decade - it reminds me of LA around the Sunset Strip and Hollywood in the 80s when it was run down before billions of dollars started flowing in and now those areas are some of the most expensive in the city. 

It's difficult here to differentiate between giving good advice and advocating mentorship programs, workshops or courses to advance your one on one activity and thus speed up the learning curve and timeline to reaching and stretching your goals.I personally have gone the journey from DIY wholesaling, flipping, seller-financing SFR and international Short Term Vacation Rental management and then arrived at commercial multifamily and self-storage real estate syndication due to the fact that it offers the maximum scalability, economy of numbers and at some point truly leads to passive, residual income and thus to time freedom and choice.Send me a colleague request to kick the tires, set up a call and get a few burning questions answered in real time, one on one. 

@Brian Bradley the point of this ruling was the criminal and fraud aspect of what he did and you can’t hide from the justice system in that sense.

I have studied how to be a good RE agent for a little over a year now and I am about to be an intern for a brokerage in the upcoming months.

Anything other than criminal background checks, credit checks, eviction and court records, employment history and rental histories. 

My husband and I are looking for recommendations for sites that do the tenant background screenings for you (criminal history, evictions, debt in collection, etc...).

He was looking to learn about a career in real estate and joined my team as an intern.