Roommates that are friends and have a history of living together.

Along with that, students typically have little to no credit history.  

I thought it a bit odd that this guy (a professional, not a young kid) didn't have enough credit history for me to get a credit grade for him, but sometimes that happens.  

To purchase these homes I have been using a partner who is willing to use his credentials ie. employment history, W-2's, Income, ect. for a percent of the profits, because I am unemployed and make ends meet solely through investing.

If you will be hiring a contractor for the work you should be looking for someone who has a history performing fire damage repairs.

The Glenwood paper has some good history on it.

My partner likes to say we invest in the SEC (South Eastern Conference).I know that many of our members are looking at Columbus due to the govt jobs and university.

A title company pulls the title history form the local court house. 

There are many reasons why a tenant can't  qualify that have nothing to do with being a bad tenant.1 - Changing jobs2 - Short funds for Down Payment3 - Bankruptcy that is about to be cleared, and the tenant has shown a history of good credit and payments since.

Keeping in mind that there is probably private family history undisclosed, I would say: why don't you guys try to talk about it more, in a different setting and environment, in a different way, understand what are each other real problems and find a solution that would help both and creating value for the both and of you and keep being a family before going through all this legal "crap"?