@Matthew RembishHi MatthewI use irem.org for management companieswww.spotcrime.com for crime in a citybls.gov for demographicshud.govfamilywatchdog.us for registered sex offenders in a citywww.propertymanagementinsider.com for good articlesCheck out @mark ferguson blog.  

Almost better than sex.....almost

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Let them know they can run a background check to confirm you're not a violent felon sex offender that owns 5 pit bulls for fighting, etc as they will want something like this before allowing you to buy anyway.Exceptions like this can be requested by the Manager to the Owner and will typically be "okay."  

Martin,You always make real estate sounds like sex.

I assume no felonies, no sex offenders, no evictions.  

It's a high crime area, and there's a registered sex offender, literally, living right next door.

An older HUD memorandum says we can deny housing if someone is on the Sex Offender Registry.

As a landlord you are able to obtain credit reports, nationwide criminal, nationwide eviction, along with a bunch of other reports (sex offender, county level criminal, etc).  

In the event an applicant is rejected and reports me for an FHA violation I can prove I didn't even know the person was a convict, etc.If an applicant makes it this far and then a background check turns over a criminal history I will have to manually see if this history conflicts with having a legitimate and substantial effect on the community (e.g. a sex offender in an MHP full of families with little children is a non-starter for me).