It's also vital that your boots on the ground person inspect progress on the project every 3 days or so. 

Few have a habit of paying bills on schedule.

You can also deny on habitability limitations (# of people vs # of bedrooms), a consistent no pet policy if they have a pet,  Megan's Law registrants, ex convicts on parole or Sec 8 applications if you do not want to do the work they request after their inspection.

It never ceases to amaze me how come so many go to the effort of getting a great income, and great credit score, but forget the most vital ingredient that Lenders might look at: their savings record!

The less time you have, the more relationships and partnerships will be vital to you. 

Focus on paying off the CC and car loan (both sources of bad debt), and eliminating bad money habits - this is absolutely fundamental to long term financial success.

Work hard, take on additional work, live a conservative life style, change your habits and circle of friends, save money and concentrate on getting your credit up into the high 700s.To be successful you need to modify your life style.

From my view, it sounds like vital information was provided to the landlord of the premises. 

All that being said, it is vital that you work with a securities attorney to make sure you CYA (cover your a$$) from every angle; as @Brian Burke stated, jail time is at stake.

They keep mentioning this (or something like this, I'm not sure of the title) on The People's Court.  Where do you get this and shouldn't tenants already there have one on file in Florida?