I can use any legal criteria to eliminate a potential tenant from consideration at any point in the process.

It was a random drawing handled by a third party.

Also always great to have experienced pros join the community.Sounds like you will have a wealth of experience to share here and to draw on now that you are getting back into the game.Do you go to any of the local networking events?

That's an important consideration.

Ok, that was an important point to leave out :) That changes things considerably.

There's several factors taken into consideration on credit scores.

Best to have attorney, or title co attorney draw up closing docs, including note and deed of trust or mortgage, depending on state.

She however owes a considerable amount of back taxes that she has never paid related to the property.

Yes, I generally like to provide consideration when I sign a contract to ensure that it is binding.

Although we draw a mostly intermediate to advanced group of investors, so I'd say a good percentage of them are already there.And philosophically speaking, I think most real estate investors are capitalists.