Columbus is experiencing some great growth due to the tech industry investing pretty heavily here in Central Ohio and the landlord laws are completely night and day compared to CA - especially with the "Justice for Renters Act" coming up on the November ballot. 

It's not civil...it's criminal.

I asked him what else he did and he said he had been hired to go to central America and kidnap white collar criminals who stole from their business or partners.. they would grab em put them on a private plane and have the arrested once they landed in the USA..

Wholesaling and Sub2 are for criminals and vagabonds.

This can provide the applicants criminal/credit history.   

As part of this process, you should look at a rental applicant’s credit report, criminal history and eviction history, verify income and call references and past landlords.

"Justice for Renters Act" It will be on the upcoming November ballot and just reinforces my belief that I don't want to be a CA landlord. 

Do you get credit score, eviction and criminal background checks for that $25 fee the tenant pays?

If you're a criminal, you may have to pay restitution. 

It may increase your vacancy when tenants discover they can no longer afford to heat their unit.I would add this:Since the TX power grid has proven unreliable and the providers can price gouge (how the justice department will challenge that remains to be seen), you could possibly ask premium rents by adding a generator / transfer switch to each building.