But he is abusive and a criminal.

I have talked through all this with another student and he feels like what they are doing could be considered criminal and is talking to a friend of his at the FBI.

Also dealing drugs and other criminal behavior.

Ended up pressing charges for breaking/entering, obtaining property under false pretense, fraud, and criminal trespass.

The screening includes an Experian credit report, national criminal search, sex offender search and eviction search.  

For example, I mention that every adult must pay a $30 application fee, pass my credit/criminal background, make a combined income of 3x the rent, and whether or not the property accepts pets.

I still have to run a criminal background.

@Timothy Grothuesmann  What your describing is Collusion.. and is highly illegal its a felony.people get busted all over the US doing this.. its not an advanced scheme its criminal acitivty.its called lunch money ,, Walk away money, wink and nod money   etc etc.FBI gets wind of being rampant in a market and they will send in schills...

With the problems they have, any landlord doing a criminal or credit background check on these low-lifes won't touch them.

Essentially, at least from what I see in the posts, it's for cyber security, advertising & marketing, legal protection, all kinds of software, insurance and taxes, etc.No matter from a broker's perspective or from a consumer's perspective, isn't this crazy?