Look for violent crimes around the unit; I usually look for things like Agg Assault, sex crimes, family violence, burglaries, etc.

One of our speakers, Tahani, lost her flip cam at the Summit yesterday.

Location - I verify that the location is good, check previously sold units in the area to comp the cap rate on the asking price, I check the crime report for the specific property as well as the immediate area, and also check the sex offender list to make sure no known sex offenders are living within the building or the neighboring buildings5.

It should have been a red flag when I saw his typed list of questions regarding property location, loan amount and private information like sex, race and marital status.  

. : )One way around that is to buy NNN shopping centers with base rate per sq ft and pass the cam onto the tenants.

You should also check the sex offender database.

I'm not judging the indivduals on their race, sex, sexuality or religious beliefs.

., but the biggest problem is that shortly after they moved in my husband and I discovered that the male is a registered sex offender, meaning that he lied on his signed application.

The owner was this old man who recently past away, the son cam back and lived there about two years a couple years ago and has since left out of state.

You don't know if his new career choice in his first week is trafficking sex slaves through austin....Or if he has a nice habit of blasting music at midnight....You get the point.....Someone without a steady full time job/school has proven trouble to me in tenants with too much time on their hands....