FUN FACT: Did you know tenants can buy fake/counterfeit paystubs from the internet or Facebook for $20?

What if it’s counterfeit?

It's legitimate cash - not counterfeit!

Well, up here in Northern CA there is counterfeit money on a regular basis -- not to mention armed robbery.

I don’t want anyone thinking I carry around large sums of money or have the risk of counterfeit money.

This will also help you filter out the ones who you don't want to rent to in the first place (tenants that will try to sublease without you knowing, the ones that will counterfeit deployment orders to break a lease, the ones who have trouble affording the security deposit). 

A Lien Release from a Prime Contractor does not release the property owner from money owed to sub contractors and material suppliers.As someone mentioned, the property owner needs to get a Final and Unconditional Lien Release, but it needs to come from the sub contractors and not from the Prime Contractor.The only way I will give a Final and Unconditional Lien Release is when the contractor hands me a bonafide Cashier Check from a well-known bank because the word ' Unconditional' means the contractor and property owner are released from all obligations to pay the sub contractors even if the Cashier Check is counterfeit and bogus.

There could be many reasons for the cause of the fire to include tenants negligence (counterfeit electrical appliance, item left charging and catching on fire, unapproved activity, etc...).  

Ryan- I am currently operating my LLC as follows:All income gets deposited into the LLC checking accountAll business expenses get paid out of that same checking account (online bill pay)Since it is a credit union, I can create sub accounts ("share"accounts- individually numbered savings accts) under the main accountAt the beginning of the month, I online transfer set amounts out of the chkng acct into the "tax", "insurance","heat/misc" share sub accountsSince chkng accts are vulnerable to outside influence (counterfeit check, invalid ACH withdraws), I sweep excess funds into a separate share acct I do an ACH transfer of my monthly draw into my personal chkng acctThruout the month, i'll reverse sweep funds back into the main chkng acct for bill paying as needed.When the "funds sweep" holding acct gets too large, I transfer funds out of the LLC into a personal savings acct (the thought here is that my rental activities are far more susceptible to a lawsuit than my personal life.

I know I have abilities that translate, but by making the transition I will be counterfeiting the vast majority of my network, credentials, and skills.