Some owners have even be accused of discrimination and that cause them a lot of problems because they charged one tenant or race fees and not another..

Being accused of discrimination is not only an ugly thing, BUT it can cost you a lot in lawyers' fees. 

I DO believe it's important for us to protect one another - not just from potential scammers, but from potentially false accusations, as well.

Don't necessarily accuse them of pushing you into it (at least not at first), but definitely let them know that this is not what you want.  

Thats what the gov't will accuse you of.

@Anthony Russell:"Here Why don't I look over your shoulder the whole day while second guessing you and questioning your methods while you work, and if you complain about it I accuse you of ripping me off and never call you again".

ok guys had about 5-6 that called and said take me off your list and accused me of stalking I had about a 10% response rate but most are negative.

Somebody wanting to sue for you backing out of a bad deal or accusing you of selling them a property with defects like unknown termite damage).

This month, Thompson paid more for that -- and for other problems at Wachovia -- with his job.Countrywide also faces many lawsuits over its falling stock price, and litigation accusing it of abusing the bankruptcy or foreclosure processes.

If you don't have established criteria to apply to all applicants, you're opening yourself up to potential discrimination accusations.