She was a professional scam artist and found an opportunity to steal due to my failure to have pictures.The most important thing is to do your own screening.

All in all, yes, I am an *******, but any tenant who wants to effectively steal from me is getting whats coming to them, while me operating in line with the letter of the law, to the fullest extent.P.S. if you really wana be a dick, sell each debt to a separate collection agency, so they can each call a maximum of three times per day, for a total of 12 calls per day legally.

When the authorities inquired they found out that he was stealing identity. 

Your tenants don't get to steal or ruin your things. 

Have them sign a receipt that says the value of the unit on it, so if they decide to try and steal it, you will have a written receipt with their acknowledgement of the value - so you can charge them for it if you have to. 

@Sandra Goodman You and your landlord do indeed have a weird relationship: he has given you a home for two decades at below market rates, and your response is to try to rip him off and steal from him.

In my opinion 80% are criminals stealing tax payers dollars.

I've been down this road several times and when it comes to people that steal money, it's usually gone and very difficult to get back, regardless of what a judge says.

Being that it's NYC, reasonably priced houses are few and far in between, and these are steals if I can get them for $150-200K fix them up, and either flip them or rent them out. 

Preferably a duplex, triplex, quad, but I'll consider single family if it's a steal.