Oh, and as a side note, I have decent film making and editing skills, so if I do end up making a video walkthrough I'll be sure it won't look like some flip-phone shaky-cam mess. 

My system verifies their identity, address history, sex offender registry, criminal background, and a complete credit history.

The tenants might also (gasp) have sex outside of wedlock on your property -- also not your business.

If the two other tenants will be sharing a bathroom, it's going to be hard to find co-eds willing to share with the opposite sex.

I had been researching rehabbing for a number of years now and when I cam across BP started listening to all of their podcast because I spend a lot of time on the road.

Cash business.....you want to be at least there 5 days a week to collect the cash and come up with a live cam system on that register.

Here's what we do:Tenant Net (goodtenants.net) They give us credit report, address verification, sex offender check, judgments check. 

For reference, this is a violation of the Fair Housing Act.You can't discriminate based on sex (among other things)...

I have 3 prospective tenants for my room rental in a SFR under this slow market (vacant for 4.5 mos): A sex offender when he was 17 but he’s 50 now (he told me about it only after I said I had to run a background check).

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