New construction carries many of the same risks as older construction.Who is to say that the former landowner didn't have a signed and notarized agreement with Billy Bob's grandpa saying that Billy Bob and all of his descendants have permanent irrevocable cow grazing rights over the land that all these houses are now on?

Police struggle to keep the homeless under control and if you want to rent or sell a house there, you almost have to hire someone to live in it while its listed. 

If you really like the house, give the police dept a call and ask them about the area.  

The police said it's not because the check was good but the payment was stopped.  

Granted, I'm not sure how they would police it but I'm just very cautious and risk averse.

i also go to the FREE Public state judicial site to check eviction (that is what is good about the paper application, you can chk their references) and Police Site for criminal $10 in my areaWhat about verification of income?

Call the police if the neighbors tell you they have already spoken with the tenants, landlord, etc. 

Here's some more information: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-04-15/news/1...https://www.columbiaassociation.org/about-us/polic...

Sick of it all, retirement, illness, bankruptcy, foreclosure, death of spouse who did all the work, death of sole owner and the descendants want to sell fast, tax foreclosure, out-of-state ownership, property manager who is stealing, property manager who just quit, notice of major repairs required...the list goes on and on. 

There's nothing the police can do about it, because while it is against the law, they would actually have to catch them in the act of lighting and shooting off those fireworks.