Hi Jon, you could cash it - just be prepared for some innocent person (and the bank, and the cops) to chase you up asking why you're making unauthorised withdrawls from their account.The big check comes out of a victim's account - whatever you send back goes to the criminal and they're long gone when the cops are knocking on your door.

A one stop shop for credit, criminal and eviction records would be great.

Baltimore Inner City rental market is just that - bad credit, eviction history, criminal records (possession etc).

I don't have an application fee but 2 of my properties have a condo application fee and I tell them that the board will be doing a criminal background/credit check.

But that's protection against *civil* suits, not criminal suits.Lastly, there may be laws around acting in the capacity of certain licensed professionals like attorneys and CPAs (and no, I'm not talking about giving opinions of real estate value, etc), where adding this disclaimer is just extra insurance against any confusion about non-professional status.There is no law (that I know of) about giving out opinions on tax, legal or any other areas of expertise.

I had her look up the property next to it and she said there were disputes and criminal trespasses.

As far as getting criminal background check is concerned, you can always go to county's website and should be able to check on the application for free.

2. eviction records.. 3. criminal records4. tax records with incomes (is it possible?)

My list of Questions include: How much do you typically ask for a deposit- I have been told 2 months of the rent.Do you do a credit check, eviction check, and criminal check - How much does this typically cost.

Wady, who is being criminally prosecuted foroperating a Ponzi scheme involving fraudulent concert funding.