There are many renters out there who have all sorts of serious blemishes (derogatory items) in their backgrounds, including criminal convictions.

The first property manager we had was borderline criminal but the most recent PM we connected through a trusted advisor and has been good to great.San Diego has seen at least 2x in rent and possibly 3x in values.

Also, did you do s credit check,criminal check, eviction report and application through s sophisticated tool like Transunion Smart Mover, Cozy or Ezlandlords?

Did you do checks on them (credit / criminal / job & income histories, etc.) as part of your contingencies?

I use a 3 party back ground company, I take a picture of the drivers license and send it to the back ground check .If they have no DL that may be a RED flag you need some form of ID .I tell them the form is simple if you don’t fill out all the info it will delay the processing of the back ground check.The cost for me $35 for credit, criminal back ground check I charge them the exact amount no trying to hustle a few pennies here .I see you in the great north different laws etc...

There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

When you screen tenants, make sure the screening is comprehensive (credit, criminal, and evictions history).

I personally run the credit/criminal first because that's the quickest way to eliminate someone.

Am well aware it takes a criminal syndicate to pull this off, it’s just not fair to the person whose record is being tarnished for no reason.

Do a background check on the contractor , because as a contractor I do them on my customers . ( liens , judgements , criminal , lawsuits ) .