We filled the committee room where they were updating the bill to eliminate Criminal History from being considered in your rental criteria.  

I'm in college for cyber security but I've always felt like that would be more of a fallback if things go south.

It's getting harder for these criminals to hide.

Next I use the city-data.com crime section and check to see if criminal activity is comparable to US averages, if higher, I like to see a downward trend over the past few years. 

Seeing credit history by account, total debt, timing of payments by month, full national criminal background check and eviction check has been invaluable to our company in screening thousands of applicants.

Will be awkward but this creates scarcity and competitionThe Application ProcessThe Rental Application Name(s) Date of birth SSN Phone number + alternate number Previous address (past 5 years) Current employer (name, hire date, income, contract info) Past employer (‘’) Emergency contact info Release of information statement Signature Application fee ALWAYS take an application fee to take the application (your time and trouble) ask local management company’s what their fee is, this should be around $35 per adultScreening Tenants Hold the rental history and income in high regard when in low-income areasLook closely at: Prior felonies Prior evictions filed Evictions carried out Bankruptcies Judgments Other criminal issues or bad financial historyVerifying Income and Rental History Remember that people often lie on their application so make sure they sign a “release of information” signature to allow you to properly check their claims Begin with their job.

There could be someone with past evictions or criminal records that you would otherwise have disqualified. 

You will deal with rough tenants that have financial and even criminal history issues. 

:If you want some real doom and gloom look up civil asset forfeiture, no illegal activity needed to lose have your property seized.That's usually related to drug crimes or suspected criminal activity, and it requires a court order...the cops can't just roll up whenever they want and take your house with no reasonable suspicion of a crime, in fact the law specifically states they must make their case that you are PROBABLY involved in criminal activity....

Eight years school librarian, just 3x rent, zero credit, no criminal, excellent work references, just got divorced, grown children.