No evictions or criminal reports. 

For example, I mention that every adult must pay a $30 application fee, pass my credit/criminal background, make a combined income of 3x the rent, and whether or not the property accepts pets.

They try and get criminal offenses for not mowing the lawn.

Oklahoma did this a few years ago, possibly criminalizing renting to them.

The difficulty from what I see is that these sorts of scams are mostly small and local police are ill equipped to investigate and prosecute especially since most of the criminals are not local.

I predict there will be criminal and SEC civil prosecutions of some of these syndicators.

They recently issued a criminal complaint with a formal court order number documented!

Squatters = drugs = problem.Georgia legislators are stepping up with HB 1017, the Georgia Squatter Reform Act, aiming to clarify in Georgia law that squatting constitutes criminal trespassing, thus shifting it from a civil court matter to a police issue.

One of the reasons lenders don't like seconds behind them is in the event of a default they cant just get a Deed in Lu from you.. they have to prosecute a full foreclosure to remove the second from title so they can resell..

The process includes requesting background checks through TransUnion, covering criminal history, eviction history, and credit reports.