Copies of utility bills for the units over the past 6-8 months and a CLUE report is a nice gesture too, because the owner is the best source for these items.

If all you can get is the number, though, it's usually at least a clue that there's something derogatory on that report - or not.There's just so much you can learn with an actual credit report.  

I did rent the place out for a couple years, and then decided to sell because long-distance landlording wasn't working out for me (moved out of state).Nobody had a clue I rented out the place.  

So, I have a clue as to the area.  

@Anthony WienkeHow can someone know, we have no clue where it is, what it is, and whats needed. 

If you are worried about getting them out of the house this is where you should have some sort of a clue as to the time frame and docs required for evictions.Good Luck

She said she had no clue why. 

On a landlording thread a guy advocates for illegal things, has no clue muscle isnt proper.

I am convinced that many landlords fail running low-income rentals either because they refuse to acknowledge this reality or because they are not good at communicating, setting, and sticking to acceptable and reasonable boundries.EXACTLY Jill  its very tough for an investor in a high priced market making 100 to 500k a year and wants to buy rentals in lower end areas because they look so great on paper.. well buying them that's easy.. but managing the tenant base is a skill all its own.I have always said owners can be their absolute own worse enemy.. they have no clue how hard it is to live on 1500 or 2000  a month.so when little things happen and they bow their back up thinking the tenant should pay for it etc.. it becomes stepping over dollars to pick up pennies.. and then when they have no success and tenant gets up set trash's their unit.. and after they have rehabbed it 3 times in 4 years they just walk away.. :(  house goes to pot and then some investor or wholesaler picks it up and the cycle repeats.. these properties in my mind for the good of the community should ONLY be owned by locals who know the score know how to run them. 

Some should be mitigated by a thorough inspection but do you have any clue what it will take to replace what needs to be.