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bouncing a check is a criminal offense , tell the guy that you want to void the lease or you will prosecute  for passing bad checks .

They are hoping to dazzle the landlord with the large chunk of money, so he doesn't check them out.When I am offered multiple months rent, I know the applicant has miserable credit, no verifiable income, really bad landlord references, a criminal record, is a registered sex offender, or has some other problem with his history that he doesn't want me to look at.The only time I will accept rent in advance is from a verified student who is living on grant money, and then they can pay me for advance months when the grant money arrives (every 3 months, at our local college)

The application is $30 per tenant, and that is what the credit and criminal record check costs me.

@Jacob D Cockerell No offense to all the lenders here, But if you can, DO NOT use a HML for your first flip. 

Even if I were, I pay a criminally low tax rate already.

He had a criminal record of stealing his families property and was presently in jail.

No offense but I would’ve ignored you too and used my time a lot more wisely.

The general I call for that doesn't even get out of his truck, just calls another sub and collects the payment when it's done.I dont think there is a shortage of people that can do the job, but finding ones that have a couple million dollars coverage, have legal employees that pass criminal background checks and have the patience to sit down and sign contracts and know how to get onto a corporate accounting structure for payments is the real shortage.

In most municipalities, this is a “reportable offense”.