My advice, buy them off now with cash for keys before it turns into 9 months of legal fighting and delays resulting in foreclosure for you.California hates landlords and the courts do their best to delay evictions as much as possible.One by one you will be accused of being a slumlord,racist,sexist,homophobic,and just plain criminal and the liberal judges will eat it up even though they can't prove anything.Every charge against you will result in 60 days of free rent while waiting to get into a courtroom and argue your defense.This is why I will never own rental property in "Blue States"!!

I will only do 1-1 showing for a fully qualified applicant(application, income, credit and criminal background check).

Just be sure to get one that gives a credit, criminal, eviction check. 

Why any of these guys are listened to with anything but disdain is beyond my comprehension.Respectfully,Gary   In America (left wing narrative), there's always self-generated issue that's almost always 'man made', such as these "global warming", or "animal cruelty so lets not eat animal product" or "same toilet for every gender" while they are ignoring the very first problem that people facing like "rising criminality" and "rising violence in highschool".

Here is our recommended checklist for tenant criteria:Makes enough income to afford your rent.Stable employment or a co-signor with sufficient income.History of paying rent on time.Friendly and easy to work with.Clean criminal record.Fits your lifestyle requirements.Smoking.Pets.

I have a friend who is extremely hard working but has had a hard past (not criminal).

.: Sorry, but 550 credit rating is for criminals.

Their view and what they prosecute people for is that you cannot be in the business of assigning contracts without a license. 

A recommendation for best sites to screen tenants (background, criminal, credit, etc)Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Some of which are out right criminal in what they do.