No body answer the door so I check the door knob and it was lock.

Google also says she allegedly tried to run an adoption scam.2) Female in her 30s with drug charges within the past few years. 3) Guy with tons of charge-offs in small claims court.This is a roommate setting.

Podcast #79 may be another good perspective if you have not listened to it.As far as crime goes, my investment area is characterized as follows: as a female, I feel comfortable at my properties in the daytime, would not be there alone after dark.  

Then I can just buy or rent a junky 1/1 in Fairbanks.Someone that was stationed in Fairbanks mentioned a 10:1 male to female ratio in Alaska, and a 6:1 ratio in Fairbanks.

So it was a highly desirable student rental location.PROS1) higher rental by renting rooms $600/room verse $1650 for the unit.CONS1) first year student tends to be party animals. the whole condo experienced so many false fire alarms; that the fire department started to charge false alarm incidences.( I experienced that in my university years too in the 70's.2) I only rent to female students ( I think it will be easier to have girls together).

That is what the market (body of investors competing against you) will pay, although good luck finding a 5 cap right now. 

I would rather take 2 months to find the right tenant, rather than just finding a warm body to fill the property.

GeorgeI suggest you check your closets, you left your sense of humor some where, I had to laugh thinking about a body still laying there for all these years as the reason it didn't sell.yet.and why it was still available.Now for my real response, Have you checked the property tax records, and is there really 10 years of unpaid taxes or is somebody paying them.

Hello All,I have been renting property for several years now, and fortunately for me, I haven't escaped some of the nightmare tenants some have experienced on this site.However, I wanted to query every bodies knowledge on how they perform Background Check / Credit Checks.

The body largely stays the same.