All of these criminals have ties with Goldman Sachs including those at the FED, the Treasury, the White house, and of course, the banks.

Any small amount of loss (unless blatantly criminal) could be recaptured through standard depreciation, no?

Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns.

The tenant's background was sparkly clean w/stable job, excellent credit, no criminal junk in his background.He was in his last place for four years.

Research your state laws as to whether you might be able to press criminal charges.Here in NC I can for certain intentional damage.And while the only time I have collected money in a civil action is when I have lease guarantors, I still make it a policy to take all sinners to small claims court.Costs me $75 and my time, but my satisfaction is knowing that no decent LL who checks their record will rent to them going forward.

I'm concerned about cyber-terrorism.

So I run a criminal background and verify their source of income.I also check to see if they have been involved in any lawsuits.

Remember tat in the USA all criminal prosecution is done by government, else it is a civil suit.

I get the following:* Contracting License (and I look it up in the online database)* EPA RRP credentials (for pre-1978 construction) - and verify with lookup online* W9 IRS form (so that they can get 1099 in January, and they are told that will happen)* Liability insurance proof - with me and my company named as certificate holders or additional insured* Workmen's compensation insurance proof - with me and my company named as certificate holders or additional insured* An actual street address for them (not just a P.O. box like some will only give out)* A list of customer references that can be contacted (not that I expect that anybody in this list will be saying bad things)* I go to visit actual job sites, preferably at least one in progress and at least one that is completed - to check for workmanship and tidiness of the job site.I also check the state website for criminal search, to see if they have a record.

Potential tenants don't even get to see the place or receive an application if they don't pass our pre-screening conversations (where we talk about income, reasons for moving, job history, credit and criminal history, pets, etc.).The first person who passes the screening call, sees the place, and hands us the filled out application with the $25 gets the background check.