I do agree that a national sales tax would tax criminals of all sorts, but the negative aspects of it far outweigh that benefit.

Policing of traffic and related functions (tow truck drivers, courtrooms for traffic offenses) will be greatly reduced.

:) I'm sorry if you take offense to that, but it's my thing!

Because I now give my screening criteria in advance of taking an application, and contacting landlords is one of the last checks I do (first is income, then criminal, then credit and evictions) - I usually have found some other reason for rejection before contacting any landlords.

Finally you can avoid confrontation by handing everyone a rental application to fill out or emailing it to them, saying you must accept a $35 rental app fee and will be checking for evictions, criminal history and income.

Be aware that if there are civil or criminal penalties in the pipeline, they can go to the new owner.There's a difference between a building that's been ordered "keep vacant" and which can go into the vacant building program, and one that's been condemned.

Assuming a tenant has been screened (e.g. income, credit, rental history, criminal background, deposits, etc.) and is deemed qualified per the respective rental criteria, is it common practice to ask a tenant to subject to an inspection of their current residence prior to final approval of application?

If marketing a name it has be non offensive, non controversial, and a pleasant sounding name to all groups.

No offense to agents, but most of them don't have the skill and patience necessary to aggressively work a short sale (or aggressively do anything), so that leaves them with just listing and hoping.

This is what the criminals want.