For a bank to put a house under contract that they don't own seem criminal.

The shared backyard is filled with their junk which the tenants in the other unit complained about.I did a civil and criminal background search on the tenant and he has been evicted twice and has an extensive criminal records including multiple drug charges, break and enters, battery and assault with a weapon.Here is a picture of their backyard treasures:

@David Roberts Characterizing most of us as liars and scammers is a blatant misrepresentation, and it is offensive!  

His criminal record was quite impressive. 

Landlords/ladies,I learned there is a newTX  house bill 1510 that says "cause of action does not accrue against a landlord solely for leasing a dwelling to a tenant, based on evidence thatthe tenant has been convicted of, or arrested or placed on deferred adjudication for, an offense."

@Steve Vaughan  LOL  was not me who posted  I was responding to the OP then they took down the post not sure why it was not offensive or anything at least I did not think so.Broke and RE just don't go together... at least 99% of the time.

Grounds for denial of issuance of license or for disciplinary action(A) In addition to Section 40-1-110, the commission may deny issuance of a license to an applicant or may take disciplinary action against a licensee who:(1) makes a substantial misrepresentation involving a real estate transaction;(2) makes false promises of a character likely to influence, persuade, or induce;(3) pursues a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or makes false and misleading promises through associated licensees or through any medium of advertising or otherwise;(4) in the practice of real estate demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, untrustworthiness, or incompetency in a manner as to endanger the interest of the public;(5) represents or attempts to represent a real estate broker other than his broker-in-charge or property manager-in-charge without the express knowledge and written consent of the employing broker-in-charge or property manager-in-charge;(6) guarantees or authorizes and permits any associated licensee to guarantee future profits from the resale of real estate;(7) makes a dual set of contracts, written or otherwise, by stating a sales price higher than the actual sales price in an effort to obtain a larger loan from a lender or lending institution or for the purpose of misinforming a governmental agency or any other reason;(8) is convicted of violating the federal and state fair housing laws, forgery, embezzlement, breach of trust, larceny, obtaining money or property under false pretense, extortion, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, or has been convicted of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, has been convicted during the previous five years of a felony directly related to the practice of the profession, or has been convicted during the previous seven years of a felony, an essential element of which is dishonesty, reasonably related to the practice of the profession, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense in a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, any other state, or any federal court;(9) fails to report to the department in writing by certified mail, within ten days, notice of conviction of a crime provided for in item (8);(10) fails, within a reasonable time, to account for or to remit any monies coming into his possession which belong to others;(11) pays a commission or compensation to an unlicensed individual for activities requiring a license under this chapter.

The problem is that they've been negligent, ineffective and possibly criminal.

I have offered to waive the background check fee (we have no record of a background check run by the previous landlord) but I am not sure he would pass- the income he rattled off wouldn't be 3x the monthly rent (even for his half) and he has a DUI from 14-15 years ago (not sure if this would show up in a criminal check or not).  

(No offense!)