I've been reading the forums and a lot of people are doing criminal background checks on prospective tenants.

If at any time during the term of this lease Lessee abandons the demised premises or any part thereof, Lessor may, at his or her option, enter the demised premises by any means without being liable for any prosecution therefor, and without becoming liable to Lessee for damages or for any payment of any kind whatever, and may, at his or her discretion, as agent for Lessee, re-let the demised premises, or any part thereof, for the whole or any part of the then unexpired term, and may receive and collect all rent payable by virtue of such re-letting, and, at Lessor’s option, hold Lessee liable for any difference between the rent that would have been payable under this lease during the balance of the unexpired term, if this lease had continued in force, and the net rent for such period realized by Lessor by means of such re-letting.

Now, people are being prosecuted for this fraud!

I have also had to deal with identifying and evicting deadbeats and causing enough pain for the criminals that had been hanging around to make them go elsewhere.

Hummm...something fishy, stupid, criminal, fraudulent, etc. happened in that transaction.

Criminal background checks are done to get your license so why should we just hand over our lock box access to anyone, just for their convenience.

I explain my application process, including criminal background check.

A NSF can be a criminal offense, but using one for a sec dep or first month's rent still only gives you the eviction process to physically get the tenant out of the property.

That's fraud and should be prosecuted.

Over the past six months, I've been working very hard to get all the druggies, criminals, and other scumbags out from the area of my newest apartment building.