For me it's:-A good work history-They meet or exceed the monthly income and credit requirement-No prior evictions/never sued by a prior landlord-No/minimal criminal record - no drug arrests/no violent crimes. 

Hi Chanelle,I see this in the media sometimes: "one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities in the country".What makes a city into that and how do they rank the cities.I mean in days gone by, they used to arrest these people as law breakers, but I am under the impression that the Federal Government prohibits that now.So it seems all places should be equal in their treatment of them--with no MOST type of situation.I'm thinking it might just be some kind of advertising ploy to draw certain people to certain areas for whatever (financial) reasons (such as to benefit Aids Hospices in the area or something).

Upon further research we found out that one of the persons upstairs had arrest history but nothing was shown in zillow background check. 

I knew a guy who used to remove the front door from a place rather than filing eviction, he also got arrested and the officer just couldn't get in front of a judge to request bail so he spent 2 nights there.

THEN I read in the paper that she has been arrested, with her boyfriend, for distributing drugs. 

You know that people can be arrested for abuse of animals or elder abuse or child abuse; if the stuff that I've seen in some houses were treated similarly, the owners would be arrested for housing abuse :)

had been arrested a few weeks before that for assault.

Heroine is something that is almost always an automatic arrest.

Why do the cops not take names and arrest after multiple trespassing incidents?

@Sean Cole  it so very different your seller is the Sherriff or trustee service in our case.. your buyer is someone who is bidding... and puts up a significant non refundable deposit.Or like in the case of Indiana its a felony to bid on a property and not follow through.. not only do you lose your bid deposit the Sherriff can have you arrested.