That did not happen....2nd mistake- we did not do our own internal due diligence and perform a background check.3rd- one of my other partners was informed in June that the current tenants were subletting(I found out 10/23/18, yes 3 days ago) and did not tell me.

Here is the scenario and back ground.

Personally, I would put more weight on his criminal background check and past landlord references than employment history and credit reports.

Alternatively you can find someone with construction background to partner up with you.

Screen them/background checks4.

Seems like everyone here also like real estate, so I figured I'd ask for some tips.A little background - I work full time in tech field, but I ALWAYS had a passion for investments.

Our first renter I did not background check enough.

You performed a simple background check, asked other investors and only found one that knew their work. 

My construction management and cost estimation background has brought a lot of value to my craft and understanding of the real estate process (although there are 1000s of other concept that I am learning everyday).Today is my first day with the Bigger Pockets family and I have heard great things about this social network and I am willing to connect with the like minded people via this platform. 

I was using smart move online form which gets the background on criminal, credit and income information from the tenant.