Cruise, 58, has film credits that include “Risky Business,” “Top Gun,” “Rain Man” and “The Last Samurai.”

@Schuyler GoldfarbTotally not here to rain on your parade, but I back up what @Dennis M.

Rain

In my county, you can search any judgements on the property via the Prothonotary's website and search mortgages/liens on the Recorder of Deeds website through a software system that you can download for free.Both systems make you pay for any pages of the documents that you want to print/download. 

I'm up NE Houston and it was rough, about 30 inches of rain...The ship channel area seems like it has some potential.

While I wouldn’t necessarily expect money to keep rolling in consistently if something goes wrong with the business, I would have the ability to get a judgement and recoup my losses over time.So because of this I don’t do too much vetting of the individual’s situation.

@Michael Plaks that's fair, I am only opening the umbrella before it starts raining.

We aren’t used to any of that weather…only rain and overcast skies in Oregon lolThanks!

For example, Thailand doesn't allow foreigners to own any land (they can buy condos, with the exception of the ground floor ones).While foreigners are equal under the law, it is possible that, in certain developing countries, a judge would favor a fellow citizen over a foreigner when rendering a judgement.

I don't think we'll get lucky enough to have anything specifically about the rental industry but maybe something relating to pre/post judgements.