Agree that criminal checks can be done without SSN, it is the credit check component that suffers.  

A lease is an extension of credit, you don't pay rents in arrears but damages and indemnification covenants are contingent obligations that are created and paid in the event of past due rents or other financial looses suffered by a landlord.

Tenant has informed that is suffering from anxiety disorder and provided letter from therapist recommending 'stress-relieving aquarium' of 'proportional size to the living area, no smaller than the largest television in patient's household'.Indicated found a great deal on cList for a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium with fish & coral and going to pick up this week. 

Overall the Europeans were excellent hosts while I traveled all over the area and there were more English speaking people over there (actually, kids are better educated in languages) but there were still times I suffered the communication bite..

I don't like the idea that if things go well the PM gets paid - but if things go bad I am the only one who suffers?   

They need to be the ones to suffer for it, not you and your family.I love the idea of calling JAG. 

They're holdover tenants, or tenants at sufferance, I think it's called.  

If it goes down your losses go up, but that's why you don't sell in a down market, and don't buy in a market likely to suffer extreme downs.

Because life is funny in that often your suffering and struggles in life can sometimes define your purpose in life.I grew up in an area that some call “the ghetto.”

., If anyone is providing poor service, the other 2 parties shouldn't suffer for it so I completely agree with your concerns.