The places that lack anything nice and are old and unasthetically pleasing will only get interest from people you do not want interest from (bad credit, no verifiable income, criminals)I love the midwest.

February was a district justice discussing landlord tenant law and evictions. 

I re-rent the property to these folks who checked out as far as credit, and employment but I must admit....I didn't really check their mortgage information or criminal background.

I do full credit, criminal, and rental history checks through an agency.Here are some questions (please tell me the way you really do it and not the pie in the sky hard-*** landlord canned reply): [list] Do you have an income to rent ratio the tenant must pass?

Look for a market that is generally good for investors (fair laws, responsive justice system, healthy rent rates).

At those ages criminal records are public and will save you from a nightmare tenant.

When it comes to criminal record, I am often most concerned with criminal records of violence and fraud/theft. 

Check the lease, rental application, criminal record, eviction,  ask for how much housing is paying,  normally section 8 does not pay the 100% of the rent,  any security deposit, pet deposit? 

While I cannot tell you what your “technical” options are, I must say this:Under Article I (One) of the US Constitution (so, a long time ago, when They were still thinking about ensuring justice, tranquility, common defense, etc., They also thought of this concern,) Congress is responsible for establishing laws on the subject of bankruptcies.

People can get criminal records for life for stealing from Walmart, but let them hold up stealing rent in somebody else’s property for over a year and they’re a protected class it seems.