And I'd expect my credit score to reflect that in a year or so and move back into purchasing a home rather than rent.The firm I work for requires credit/criminal/security clearances.

My couple of fence guys said they don't want to deal with it so it leaves me with the question is there a company out there that will handle getting a fence permit for me for both of these properties?  

At the limits of what this society tolerates in membership fee avoidance are agents of the IRS.But what's far more interesting for me is what keeps the bulk of the population in line. not the tiny minority of criminals or major tax cheats.

They're thinking of adding criminal penalties if people are killed when they couldn't get out in cases of some renovations. 

Ask them a couple of qualifying questions like "will you be able to pass a background check that includes criminal, credit and rental history?"

It is bad enough to reward criminal tenants but not having a eviction on their record impedes the rest of us from properly screening them in the future. 

Could be civil and/or criminal depending on the transaction.

Its mainly to get a criminal background and eviction record.

Unless otherwise provided by law, proof of violations shall not require criminal conviction, but shall be by the preponderance of the evidence."

These days, state laws hold landlord responsible for renting to sex offenders and criminals, and I'm not sure how my insurance company would handle it if one of your subtenants, a known child molester, molested a neighbor's kid.