No criminal or evictions. 

I think the instances where they break into REO is higher if a crappy agent and/or preservation specialists makes the property stick out like a sore thumb for any criminal driving by to look at it and say, "Hmmm...looks like an REO.

Seattle won't let you use ANY criminal background,  with exception of sexual abuse as an adult,  and even then you have to have a 'business justification' if you deny based on it.   

I use Keycheck to run a criminal, eviction and credit check.

There are a huge number of dishonest (and downright criminal) people in real estate and I believe that most of them started down that path by making small, seemingly insignificant compromises at first. 

Youtube might be mankinds greatest invention. This gentleman has 7000 doors in the Boston area. Check this video of his first property and how he got the bad tenants to vacate in 30 days after his purchase. Would you ...

Some of this matters for the eviction and some is important to determine jurisdiction in a criminal matter.

We screen the candidates over the phone for salary, jobs, etc and then ask the questions about evictions and criminal records before we do a showing.

What your looking for is stable income.Pull criminal history.

This is due to a number of factors like age, death, power of attorney, divorce, criminal cases, loss of job, drug use, disability, emotions, intelligence, bills, liquidity, etc.