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.

Is this sudden price hike and change in features a marketing ploy in anticipation of a Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday sale that will bring the prices back down to where they were 48 hours ago?

I found out that Quicken Loans was having a "cyber monday deal" that offered identical interest and terms as the credit union deal I was working on, but offered closing costs that were about $2k lower.  

Hope you have a great Monday after Thanksgiving without ... spending a lot on Cyber Monday shopping

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. 

I got the course for cheap through a cyber monday deal and figured even if I didnt receive the license, the knowledge gained will be valuable in the long run.

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.