We have found that the only people that want to move during this difficult time of the year are people currently being kicked out of their existing living situation, people with criminal backgrounds, and occasionally we get luck and find a person changing jobs.I require my PM to sign them for about 16 months at this time of the year, so we don't look for tenants at this tough time of the year. 

I deleted your's when we moved to VT (no offense) because I didn't expect to live in GA again.

After I found out all of these things I went full offensive in dealing with him and took over the project myself. 

I mean no offense but who would list a million dollar property with someone they don't know who and just happened to solicit them.

You start calling and complaining and some how that info will find its way to the local criminals who you are screwing with .  

Also, what type of background check should it be, should it be a credit and criminal background check?

Usually for someone that has a caregiver living in the unit with the disabled person we would require that the company employees were screened for criminal by that company,we listed as tenant #2 on the lease as  "Authorized caregiver of XXX Company Name" as tenant #2, as a caregiver, because they usually wouldn't stay the entire day with the person, this permitted a rotation for the caregivers and worked out fine for us, as the caregiver wasn't financially responsible for the rent. 

Allowing criminals to simply walk away scot free is a unfortunate side effect of having so many unprofessional landlords.

Many times the seller of the note will provide collateral files that may have some borrower info, and we also research social media, PACER for bankruptcy, and any sources for criminal records to develop as much info that we can to underwrite a NPL. 

@Matt Boyle no offense, but if you are an appraiser asking for tips from agents about price discovery that is sorta a red flag for me.You as an appraiser are considered to be an impartial expert on value, and agents like it or not have an inherent bias and are generally not trained, licensed or required to follow USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice)Refer to link below for differences between USPAP and BPO.https://nationwide-appraisal.com/appraisal-avm-bpo...I am curious as to why you are asking for tips from agents doing BPO's vs seeking advice from professional appraisers in the Chicago land area?