That is how it works with judgements. 

You don’t need a judgement, but not sure how effective it would be:   https://www.rentrecoveryservic...

But being a beach property, it is good to have something there for the days it might rain

Other one is to do collections via an agency, but AFAIK, they need judgement again.

@Carini Rochester I agree with Greg but to be clear Good Cause does not require a landlord to provide free housing, it just forces them go through the onerous and expensive and lengthy process of actually going for non payment eviction instead of a hold over proceeding, when the landlord knows that a monetary judgement is worthless and just wants possession of their rental unit back so they can fix it back up and rent it again hopefully to a great tenant.Also the problem with all this is that from 2019 to now, landlords have gotten used to having economically or physically vacant units and have priced that risk in. 

Just watch webinar of Matt and was considering them ... so glad I saw this.Now I'm questioning my judgement / research. 

This section of the guide helps me to better understand how you can use the www.mysmartmove.com in conjunction with other forms of background checking:The Tenant Credit Report: The tenant credit report will contain a wealth of information related to the tenants credit history, including a detailed list of all the tenant’s open or closed credit cards, car payments, monetary judgements, late payments, and more.

I would be hiring an attorney to be first in line for any distributions that do come as it's literally first come first serve for people that file suits and obtain judgement first.

If the score does not seem to be backed up by enough credit history to be reliable, I will make a judgement about the tenant's level of responsibility based on their answers.

It is difficult to decipher whose opinions, judgements, and authority are fiduciary.I do believe it does take money to invest in real estate - not necessarily for a down payment but to have sufficient reserves for the investment (which does not seem to be discussed much).