My next door neighbor was robbed about a month ago, most likely while I was home, and I am dumbfounded how someone has the nerves to walk out of a house with a mattress (in your case) or a big screen tv and down a long set of steps, and a number of other big ticket items (in the case of my neighbor).Like Joshua mentioned, lights on timers are a good idea, but I imagine that these are not your garden variety criminals that are used to stealing packs of bubblegum from Walmart.

From that information, you can do your own criminal background check and eviction check.

Attorney's criminal complaint against him.A Ponzi scheme is a swindle offering unusually high returns, with early investors paid off with money from later investors.On Thursday, two agents for the U.S.

(a) Any person who engages in multiple acts of rent skimming is subject to criminal prosecution.

I used to swap out cylinders between rentals but then got really paranoid about how an aggressive lawyer could twist that into my negligence if a criminal entered the property with an old key.Now I spend $8 a cylinder to have it rekeyed to a totally new key and throw out the old keys.

As a matter of fact, my highest paying tenant was evicted from her last residence.My target is to get 7 favorable responses out of the following 8:-- Credit check-- Employment verification (or some type of income verification)-- Personal references-- Previous/current landlord reference-- Criminal background check-- General court proceedings-- Eviction history-- Ability to get utilities in their own nameNobody is perfect.

Reason number 470 why all banks should be closed under the RICO ACT for operating an ongoing criminal enterprise.

Figure out how you're going to screen tenants, both just as tenants (credit report, criminal background, eviction check, employment, etc, look in the landlording forum for a sticky thread on this topic) as well as for their ability to buy.

She has to have some civil or criminal liability by telling constituents it is ok to stay in your home, the contract you signed doesn’t mean anything.

If the executor of the estate finds out s/he will justifiably demand a refund.If you cannot comply you may experience some unpleasant litigation, as well as potential criminal charges.Are you really willing to gamble a judgement and lien against your 30-unit apartment building?