., ...Death, disability, divorce or separation, job relocation, financial problems ----> "pre or post" bankruptcy, legal problems ----> civil suits, criminal actions, ...and more!)

My view: if you have renters with decent jobs, good credit, no criminal record, clean-cut, decent cars, decent personality, they are likely to have decent pets.

She's not a lowlife druggie or a criminal (as far as I know), but she went from being somewhat well-to-do to being very low income due to various personal, financial, and professional decisions.

SmartMove is specifically designed for tenant screening and provides landlords with a credit, criminal background, and eviction reports.

I'd definitely require criminal, credit, and eviction checks in addition to an application. 

Standard qualifications (no smoking, 3X rent, criminal/past history) and not allowing pets at this time.

Most sellers: 1) Take offense to people knowing their business2) Think they have more privacy than they think...You'll find sellers who try to hide what they owe on their mortgage...when a simple Propstream search can bring it up in 3 minutes. 

With that said Harvey on this thread is a section 8 wizard and I think he’s had success there... but if you want to have a greater chance of avoiding these issues In the future maybe stay away.also no offense to Your agent or PM but if they were excited about this area and didn’t warn you about it maybe time to find some new people?

Also is it worth it to seek civil or criminal charges against them?

Afterwards, I further my criminal justice career by becoming a US Secret Service Police Officer.