After 9 days of him giving me the runaround when asking if funds were received, I only got him to admit he had the money due to my call to the FBI to file a criminal complaint.

I still had the tenant meet all my normal leasing requirements, credit check, deposit, criminal check, and credit score requirement.I would recommend you structure yours in a similar way if possible, asked the company to pay the tenant then the tenant can pay you.

have you used it and does it do a pretty thorough background check into credit, evictions, criminal, etc?  

It all depends on what your lease says.Here is some language in mine that covers criminal activity (however, if no charges were filed, then your situation probably wouldn't apply):11.

She filed a complaint and were summoned to appear; this is normal legal process - it was not a criminal complaint.

It's like going out and trying to clean up your criminal background report.

And lies are not criminal there.

That didn’t bother me, I hope they get approved.That seems like it should be criminal to collect rent but not pay your mortgage, especially when you haven't paid your mortgage in that many years.

If you do it without the stamps you are opening yourself up to HUGE liability and potentially criminal charges if someone is seriously injured or killed.

I deal with month to month agreements rather than leases, so not sure if you can mutually agree to write up a new lease adding their additional occupants (run a criminal check and get their info first) and your tougher clauses.We've started adding fines for breaking the lease/agreement per occurrence, seems to be more effective that three strikes.