How much does your FIL know about fair housing laws, lead based paint disclosures, sex offender notification, the Americans with Disabilities Act, landlord - tenant law in the state of LA or other local ordinances?  

Au contraire, it is -partially- thanks to educated and hard working people that this world is a better place.

(At Berkeley maybe I should just say significant other and let you decide the sex)Get your degree.  

@Joshua Dorkinanytime your podcast is more popular than a Love + Sex podcast (#149) you're doing something right. 

I know nothing about you, your sex, race, religion, education, career, etc. 

Others chose to increase density in each property by making the bedroom guideline two people per bedroom no matter what (with the exception of a medical exception), instead of separating the sexes and giving the voucher holder their own bedroom like they had in the past.  

Sex offender registry.Count, city and state arrest lookup.Inmate search.County civil record search.Several other websites that search for infractions.Google.If they have an address in another state, city, etc, I check there for criminal activity as well.I talk to their last/current landlord and check tax and registrar of deeds to make sure I am talking to the right person.That is all before I even think of running their credit.  

That inherited tenant is a sex offender (child molester).

I ask them questions about bad credit and then make my call based on their response.Criminal Background Check: Would you rent to tenants convicted for sex offenses, felony theft or violent crimes?

Becoming an AU on someone else's card can help as well, but it's weighted less heavily now by some agencies than it was in the past.