No offense to those that may know someone working there.My question to them was:Yes, I know another tax question.

Consider if something could be offensive to others and what the statement is.

You don't have to be the "bad guy"....you only have to be the one "bad guy" allowing criminal activity on your property.

Always run credit reports and criminal background.

The legality depends on the laws where you live.Hiring low-life criminals with baseball bats has been touted by some here as a solution to this problem, but that is DEFINITELY ILLEGAL.

No offense taken Jim.

I totally agree that it is time to take all legal action immediately to remove the tenants also, they are not being responsible and taking this as a serious offense that it is.

He notified my PM that I required an attorney to file a criminal claim against the individual.

The biggest thing is no evictions or judgements or criminal record and verifiable income of 3x rent.If they have all that, then the low credit in of itself isn’t a big deal, at least to me.

These will all typically result in denial, and that decision is usually supported and documented by discovery of multiple other Bad Habits in the public/court records, employment history, online presence, and other data.In many locales you can no longer consider criminal records.