I've never thought of this (or done it myself), but when purchasing a rental property, buyers should do more due diligence on the existing tenant applications and screening.  

We self-manage that property, and fine tuned a lot of our criteria regarding how we want our rentals run (tenant screening requirements, up keep standards, etc.). 

Most screening companies won't give you that level of county/state in depth search that will usually turn up most felonies, mainly because of cost , lack of demand, and marketplace knowledge.Here's the issue: The multi state searches, and Intelius searches too (which are not FCRA compliant and can get you in real trouble,btw), are database searches.

I need to be able to see everything on 1-2 screens and just scroll up or down which is easy to do.  

A lot of them have lived in that home for 30+ years and have put a lot of blood, sweat, and hours at a 9-5 into that house if you know what I mean.If the reverse mortagage was not an option then these folks would end up living off of the little amount of money that SS pays and making sacrifices because they want to stay in the house that they have worked their whole lives to pay off.The reverse mortgage lets Seniors live out their retirement years in the house that they have known and loved along with providing them enough cash to make those years great!

Subject them to all of the exact screening criteria as any other tenant.

You could say real-estate is in my blood haha.

However, like I've always preached, hard screening leads to better results all around.

I have 455 loans out totaling 15k. you DO get defaults, but with a little strategy (i.e. screening strategies) you keep them to a minimum.

Use alt + prt sc with the contract open on the screen...then do a "paste" in Paint.