There must be a time limit, including for evictions and criminal.

The background check is comprehensive and includes credit, evictions, judgments, address history, sex offender, criminal background, etc.References will be checked.Rent is $910 per month, $910 security deposit.

This is my first property in the Houston area. Does anyone have experience renting to tenants with prior offenses? It was a felony in 2011 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Any advice would be helpful..... 

There's no guarantee, but: most people who have jobs, no criminal record, good credit scores, and are reasonably nice people rarely turn into nightmare tenants. 

I have seen these escalate to criminal matters.

The good:Clean cut, well spoken, has 2 verified sources of income (one is a transportation business he owns) and meets our income qualifications, good payment history for the past 2 years according to credit report, good communication with me, jumped through all of my hoops.The bad:While the past 2 years are "clean"....Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in 2013, Eviction (says he co-signed with a girlfriend), 2 divorces (which led to bankruptcy) and a "failure to operate vehicle with license" on criminal report. 

I find this very hard to believe - have we really come so far as to protect criminals as a class? 

Once criminal charges are made one or both parties could have been given the option of a mutual lease termination without penalty.

The criteria I have listed in my ad are a credit score greater than 650, no criminal/eviction history, and a monthly income greater than 3 times the rent.My first thought is to go with the first application received that is qualified to be most fair, however not sure if there is a better way of going about this.Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Wilson

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