You or your attorney can file private criminal complaints or whatever, but dollars to donuts, that money is gone.Remember, you cannot collect a judgement against someone who has no income and owns nothing. 

Basically if you have ever been evicted I will not rent to you (assuming I find out which we do a credit and criminal screening). 

I had the parent fill out a rental application so I could run his credit.I also paid a few dollars extra to check his criminal record (the apartment association in that area does both my credit and criminal checks for me).

RCW 9A.52.090    (Revised Code of Washington)Criminal trespass—Defenses.In any prosecution under RCW 9A.52.070 and 9A.52.080, it is a defense that:(1) A building involved in an offense under RCW 9A.52.070 was abandoned; or(2) The premises were at the time open to members of the public An owner may, through words or actions, express or imply that he/she no longer has interest in the property. 

the Napa valley and city of Napa has taken some really strong stances to the point of bringing criminal charges.

All the criminal activity in that neighborhood in the past 6 months consisted of larceny/burglary, with most of it not being on Ursula Avenue.  

You need some sort of governmental controls to ensure the people who are entrusted to hold all of that money aren't criminals.

We have paid people to remove their bad reviews- most of the time it’s people that get denied because of bad credit or criminal history go on there and say something bad but we just offer to refund their App fee in exchange for them removing their review.

Rentec Direct, because:  (1) A complete management solution for professional property managers,  (2) All of the tools for landlords to easily manage properties and tenants,  (3) Order instant credit, criminal, and evicton reports on your tenants, and (4) Inexpensive.

What do you use for criminal background checks and credit checks for screening prospective tenants?