Hello,Finally, we have found a good candidate tenant—a young married couple with a son and their parent, totaling 5 people.The Zillow credit check and background check did not reveal any negative information, like  what many have mentioned in this forum.So, I conducted an AAOA check, and it showed two lien histories from their father:Recording date: 06/xx/2019, Amount: $10,xxx, Filing Location: San Bernardino, CA, Document Number: 210xxxRecording date: 03/xx/2019, Amount: $30,xxx, Filing Location: San Bernardino, CA, Document Number: 96xxxI inquired about these, and he said one was due to a car that was totaled in an accident, asserting it wasn’t his fault.

I've not had a test result reveal positive asbestos yet, but my 3 sample cases were all post 1972, pre 1982.

If trying to make a designer statement go with plank that has a reveal in it.

It removes the need to do demolition which can reveal other problems. 

(I worked for a Boston based company when it was revealed that the Big Dig was riddled with shoddy work and substandard materials, and every bit of that was inspected.

The more you can reveal unknown variables in their rental history, the better.

Usually, the prospective tenant tries to make everything sound as good as possible so by waffling about his landlord reference, he is revealing that there may be some problems there.

We did the demo and removed the carpet and padding to try and reveal the cement slab floor. 

It will provide a best estimate at the expected long term cash flow and I expect it to reveal that the cash flow is minimal for non-active investors in the $30k RE.  

Although these are easy to forge, a close examination will generally reveal any flaws that could be telltale.