Make sure you tell the truth about past convictions.

Have you ever been convicted of a relevant crime? 

. - Your rental history via any identifiable prior Landlords - Credit reports via a third-party Consumer Reporting Agency - Public records regarding criminal conviction history or registration as a sex offender - Personal references. - Verification of employment and/or income (or rental subsidy) amounts. - Public records regarding civil court records. - Any other information provided by the applicant (such as anticipated length of tenancy, tenancy commencement date, etc.). - Any offers or proposals you may choose to make to us (additional rent or deposit funds, extended lease term, guarantors or co-signers, etc.).

Of course, there is a MAJOR difference between an arrest or charge, and a conviction.  

He was convicted of possession of meth twice.

Can I name a convicted felon in a new lease agreement and bar him from ever being a guest in my rental unit?

Convicts frequently have a good understanding of laws, an advantage that people tend to underestimate their intelligence, and knowledge of how the criminal justice system works.

None of them led to conviction or even probation. 

You gotta get intentional and be convicted in your speech.

In another note, he said that Jerry Cohen and his nephew Scott Cohen were convicted of a major rental fraud scheme in Philadelphia in 1999.If you look at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds website, EquityBuild is the Grantor/Grantee on 190/160 properties respectively in the Chicagoland area.