So I have this new situation that I have not run into before and was hoping some of the experts on this site can guide me.I had prospective tenant complete an application and she is from rural PA (north of Pittsburg) and when I ran her background check she came up clean with the exception if showing a lot of prior addresses - 11 different addresses since 1994.These are all very rural locations and all PO box locations where mail delivery to the house is not available.Should I be concerned about this many addresses (11) over a 15 year period of time.She had no evictions or criminal judgements and I really could not find anything that could be considered a major red flag other than the number or different addresses and the fact that they were mostly (6 out of the 11) PO boxes.Should I be concerned or not worry about it and rent the house to her and her two kids?

That's like asking prisoners to comment on the criminal justice system!

This, of course, assumes that they weren't duped by a criminal mortgage broker or banker recently.

Yet another reason our car dealer examples aren't relevant.Financial Institutions are special"The violation of making a false statement to a financial institution is also a commonly used criminal law used to prosecute people for making misrepresentations to fact to a bank.

The service I use does credit, past residences, evictions, and criminal background all at once.

I look at income, criminal background, eviction history, and previous rental history as some of the main factors.

Stick to the information on this site and save your money from criminals.

Including a special discount on Tenant Screening service. http://www.biggerpockets.com/perks This is a REALLY good service and includes the criminal background check.

He was concerned that merely having a signed purchase contract without offering them the right to purchase would put him in violation of the law and open him to civil/criminal penalties.

For credit report and single state criminal and sex offender record = $25 per person.