This is no problem in the case of owner-occupants, but is morally problematic when the utilities are in the name of someone other than the property owner (tenant).

So the moral is if you wanna take a billion dollars in taxable losses, go buy a few billion dollars worth of casinos, then totally screw up their operations(by the way- when Trump's casinos went belly up, the neighboring casinos were doing just fine,) close 'em down- causing massive job losses- then get a reality TV show which pays pretty well, and you won't owe money on those earnings for quite awhile. 

The moral of the story- don't decide ahead of time that you know what the sellers are thinking or are willing/not willing to consider.

If I weren't a moral man, I'd shoot FWE's favorite dog just to spite them. 

Jose Morales if you are looking to be a real estate agent full time I would say drop out of school now.

So those don't have anything to do with the legalities.For morality sake, don't present yourself as the buyer. 

.), it is much more likely that inability to control spending and disregard for the sanctity of credit payment promises is the reason for their predicament.  

Whether this is morally right or wrong, I'm not sure what's to stop you from checking social media before prioritizing candidates applications.

Morally: That's up to you.

However, I don't think it's really reasonable or fair (and I do value reasonableness and fairness) for people to hire a management company because they are "too compassionate" to do an eviction and then claim that they are morally superior to you "mean, old, money grubbing landlords".