Real Estate Activities Requiring LicensureIn Florida, it is unlawful to engage in the following real estate related activities for compensation without possessing a real estate broker’s license or sales associate license.Advertising or marketing another person’s timeshare or property for compensation.Auctioning or attempting to auction another person’s property for compensation.Buying or attempting to buy real estate on behalf of another person for compensation.Listing another person’s timeshare or property for compensation.Operating as a real estate broker or sales associate without a license.Renting, leasing, or attempting to rent or lease real estate on behalf of another person for compensation.Penalties for Unlicensed Practice of Real EstateThe crime of Unlicensed Practice of Real Estate is a Third Degree Felony and assigned a Level 1 offense severity ranking under Florida’s Criminal Punishment Code.If convicted of Unlicensed Practice of Real Estate in Florida, a judge can impose any combination of the following penalties:Up to five (5) years in prison.Up to five (5) years of probation.Up to $5,000 in fines.Defenses to Unlicensed Practice of Real EstateIn addition to the pretrial defenses and trial defenses that can be raised in any criminal case, specific defenses to the crime of Unlicensed Practice of Real Estate are:For Sale by OwnerA person who personally owns real estate or a timeshare may sell, rent, or dispose of the real estate or timeshare without being licensed.Likewise, a person may buy or rent real estate for them self from another person without being licensed.I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN UNLICENSED BROKER THAT WAS NOT VIOLATING BROKERAGE LAWS.

The transactions a lot of these folks got put into  In the worse parts of Detroit, Rochester , Buffalo, and every other big city was Criminal in my mind...

If information is relevant to Landlord’s decision to rent unit, Tenant will have breached these rules.iii)Negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove a part of the premises or knowingly permit a person to do so.iv)Profane, obscene, loud or boisterous language or unseemly behavior and conduct is prohibited.v)Criminal activity on or near such premises, engaged in by a Tenant, any member of the Tenant’s household or any other person under the Tenant’s control.c)Noise – Tenant shall not play or operate pianos, radios, television sets, or other devices at an unreasonable volume at any time that causes a disturbance to any neighbor and their peaceful enjoyment of the premises.

.)- civil court records with applicant names as plaintiff/defendant ( shows history of slow/no-pay or evictions that never show on zillow screening),  -check civil/criminal public records every city /county/state listed on credit report previous addresses ( veriy race/gender/dob to insure same person)-verify business name/address phone, (paystubs created by applicant), - In my experience,  any local move with urgency is a red flag for someone  in eviction  process. 

There are so many people out there making crap loads of money finding and assigning deals, so it just rubs me wrong when blanket statements are made that imply people who assign contracts are involved in a  criminal activity.  

That may even lead to criminal charges.Buy, occupy, rent, refinance, repeat.

Make sure to come up with your requirements for the tenant you are looking for ahead of time written out (things like income, credit score, criminal history etc.) and then stick to your guns and don't second guess yourself.

@Victor BaronichNo offense to your business plan but my experience has been Sfr’s unless your doing air bnb are trash.

Just because they are paying a full year's worth of rent upfront doesn't mean you can overlook criminal or eviction issues.  

As pet lovers ourselves, we typically like to meet your pets at some point in the process, too.Our tenants’ safety and the peaceful enjoyment of their home is important to us, so we do a credit/criminal background check on all applicants aged 18+.