Hello,I recently came across a tenant application and while checking the background is noticed that a theft charge, judgements and other collection reports.

I would send a written response stating that the property was rented to both parties and if rent is not paid in full both parties would be issued a notice of non-payment and if that is not corrected, you would file for eviction and if taken to completion, both parties would have an eviction on their record and you would pursue payment in-full through the courts and get a judgement from both parties. 

If you have a judgement for possession/execution from a judge thats a different story.

In my case the applicant has foreclosure judgement from the association, mortgages.

If you have a security deposit you should check with your RE attorney and see what you are entitled to keep.Consider the value of your time - if you go after the guy in small claims chances are you're going to spend more time than it's worth, and then if you end up getting a judgement you have to find a way to collect, which is going to cost more.You win some, you lose some.It sucks and it's not fair or right, but pursuing it might cost you a lot more than what you would net from those 3 months.Take it as an expensive lesson on tenant screening.

Pulling a credit history only gets a landlord so far because they are doing a subjective judgement call to place tenants rather than relying on the hard numbers (FICO score) set by an impersonal computer.

I thinks its ridiculous since I have a judgement against them for $2200 and now I have to work with them and their belongs.

Can you legally send a past tenant whom you have a judgement against from small claims court a 1099, is this kind of like some credit card companies do when they settle for less than owedI

The quality of the person is where you should be making your judgements.

She had an actual eviction in December 2012 with a judgement of about $1,600.