Crime: I use Trulia.com’s crime map to gauge the level of criminal activity around each subject property considered.

That falls under "aiding and abetting a known criminal."

When you order a tenant screening report, you should get a credit score and criminal background check. 

If a tenant has a recent or lengthy criminal rap sheet, look the other way.

Mistake #4: Overestimating the Rents I knew it was in a very desirable school district, but I failed to realize the importance of fenced in yards and garages around my area.I initially thought I could get $1500 for it, and used that for my BRRRR Calculator calculations for CoC returnWhat I learned: Look for houses with already fenced in yards and garages, and offer appropriately if they don’t have those.I was familiar with the street and neighborhood it was on, and drove by the property and saw there was still a bunch of junk everywhere.I signed the contract and sent it back to him.Mistake #5: Signing the contract before inspecting the property I knew I was supposed to walk through and inspect everything with a contractor to get an accurate rehab cost.I was too rushed in getting my first deal and seeing the property value below land value gave me a false sense of security.Honestly, even if I did do a walk through by myself, I wouldn’t have the slightest clue of what needed to be repaired and how much it would cost.

hahaha ya.....amazing how many times we as landlord has to fight with criminals/squatters/drug dealers , these squatter is really nasty, they blew up my toilet and made one of the room really a freaking horror story, they stole everything that can be stolen.

You will be amazed with the amount of information that a skip tracer can find on an individual.Basically they run the info against data bases such as utility, cell phone, criminal records, registered vehicles....When dealing with collection agencies you need to keep in mind that they are most interested in people that can supply them with regular business.

People have even been criminally prosecuted for knowingly enabling a dangerous situation.

Hi All,I have a tenant whose boyfriend was a frequent guest at her apartment. As time went on it was apparent that he was permanently living on the premises and I knew that I needed to get him on the lease right away,...

He provided me a FINRA report, last 4 months of his company's revenue's, a criminal check report from 2012, and a copy of his 1099 form.