Before we agree to working with inherited tenants, we mainly screen for criminal and sexual crimes to help insure everyone's safety.  

@Rhiannon Then Definitely run a full credit, criminal, eviction check on her and any adult over 18 that will be living there.

Taking into account the loss of life, I'm quite certain a very costly legal bill would happen both criminal and civil.

Report of propertyScreening processMonthly income is at least 3x rent Civil and criminal background checkResident ResearchCredit checkCheck cleanliness of carSubmit questionnaire AcquisitionProperties will be bought by, but not limited to private sales, listings on the MLS and foreclosuresCash Flow AssessmentTo Be Determined By PropertyInitial Cost:Loan:Rent:Mortgage:Repairs:Management:Taxes:CapEx repairs:Vacancy: Include your assessment of what could go wrong and how you would plan to handle problems?

no criminal record, he would be my roommate, i live in illinois which means it takes a long time to evict someone. 

In addition to that we'll run a credit, eviction, and criminal background check. 

-County appraisal data - Absentee owned, Probate-County District clerk (Criminal/civil data) - Divorce, Tax delinquency, Foreclosure, Felony convictions-Justice of peace courts (Lookup your Precinct) - Debt claims, Evictions, Small claims, etc..- Public real Estate Agent records - Many real estate agents are actually buyers (you can pull up their company info and match it with appraisal district data and identify cash buyers to build your cash list).

So I would advise that you learn a bit about better tenant screening; in PA, the state now has free internet searches for lots of important things pertaining to tenant screening, including criminal court records, landlord tenant magistrate records, and even traffic driving offense court records (useful for the tenant that drives for the first job or is Uber or Lyft driver on the side).

You seem to have done good due diligence and the offence is non violent or drug related.

Plus, that way you would have a name and phone number for everyone who shows up, rather than just letting any random stranger or criminal to come traipsing through your property, casing the place or just adding more dirt.I have spoken LOL.