I'm hard pressed to find potential renters who don't have major financial blemishes, let alone criminal records to boot.

I just found out that the prosecutor's office is not going to pursue because they don't feel it's a criminal matter. 

All the contractors in here complaining about investors need to go back and read the first post.This isn't about some cheap investor trying to squeeze every penny out of some poor contractor.This is about the huge number of lazy, unmotivated, and sometimes criminal people who call themselves "contractors".

Just make sure you do all the due diligence, income, eviction history, criminal history, etc.

If they have a weakness in residence/rental history, income/employment history, financial/credit history, or legal/criminal history, but generally meet all of your significant requirements, then collect more security deposit to cover your risk.You can download an example of our Rental Criteria, as well as Tenant Screening Questions, from the BP File Place if you're interested in seeing some examples.

I only charge a $20 application fee per person and you'd be amazed how many people tell me they don't have the money.My application fee covers a complete credit/criminal background check.

Not to paint with a broad brush but many contractors are criminals so it shouldn't be a surprise.

Let's say you did a Credit Check which was not good, but the tenant claims it's from an event like a divorce or student loans or a hack.The next thing I do is an Eviction and Criminal Background check and a Bank Statement Check to make sure that the prospective tenant is not pulling the wool over my eyes.Imagine that the prospective tenant has a rap sheet pages long and you decided that he looked honest enough and let him in.There are so many horror stories of bad tenants and yet I see posting from new Landlords all the time skipping a FULL due diligence Again and Again!

Once they show the fake lease, it's a civil matter and not a criminal matter. 

IRS, credit cards, car loans, ICC, small claims, unpaid criminal court costs that convert to judgements. - buyers who want to sell but can’t vacate before closing and don’t have the money to move. - owner is elderly and not of sound mind or incapacitated, possibly in a nursing home (more Medicaid claims) Some thoughts;Ideal leads would be if you could highlight which properties have already been probated.