Way too expensive for the owner... and no fun for me.Lessons learned... the criminal background check aspect of tenant screening is of vital importance, as is mandatory inspections...

If your attorney agrees that your partner's actions are criminal I doubt it will be too difficult to convince him to cough up the half owed to you. 

seems to me you could treat them just like your would a tenant.I mean your going to entrust far more money to them than counting on a tenant pay you rent right the worst a tenat could do is beat you out of a few months rent.so I would think you want the basics.. credit report and criminal backgroundafter 35 years of lending Hardmoney you would be shocked at what you find.. 

6.Contact last two prior landlords.7.If applicant passes preliminary screening, send online application ($40 fee)8.Review screening for 600+ credit score, on time payments, income, eviction and criminal history.

The next time police will be coming, they are looking at criminal offense after 3 citations issued: for violating village ordinance and letting their dogs on to other people's property and not cleaning after their dogs.

We just evicted a tenant with a 3 day notice for criminal activity (we received a letter from the police department about the tenant in our unit). 

This information comes from a credit/criminal background check, employment history and current income, and Landlord references.

You have to take scum criminal tenants.

Claiming you have no knowledge my work for criminal charges but for civil complaints or local code violations against your property for harboring a nuisance at your property. 

By the end of the case, the judge ordered the case continued, citing that the plaintiff may have violated laws (making the case criminal, not civil) and issued a subpoena for the sheriff who took the tenant's complaint.