The best way to get into real estate is to get a mentor that can guide you step by step and if you can find one local, that is just icing on the cake. 

Thanks Justice!

Criminals will steal your A/C for 50$ of scrap metal and cost you thousands.

They're handling some criminal stuff by video, as I recall, and some emergency probate and family stuff like conservatorships & cases regarding kids, I think, but even those are being done via teleconferencing, I think.

But, if the landlord did great tenant screening and this tenant never showed signs of being a murderer, then not likely.So, it just depends on the situation and if the landlord was negligent.For those unaware, a tort is just something you can sue for in civil court, as opposed to criminal court. 

To be honest, it would make me feel a sense of justice to go after her, considering her conduct from the start. 

I also was a practicing attorney for 10 years, a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney who negotiated every day for 10 years.

So I would advise that you learn a bit about better tenant screening; in PA, the state now has free internet searches for lots of important things pertaining to tenant screening, including criminal court records, landlord tenant magistrate records, and even traffic driving offense court records (useful for the tenant that drives for the first job or is Uber or Lyft driver on the side).

@Mindy Jensen Cash for keys makes me feel like a loser and that there is no justice, but it isn't to make me feel better, its to save money!

What I'd tell them is that I would be willing to look at it to give them an initial decision as to whether or not the credit report they give me would be a deal breaker - but, I'd also tell them that if it's not, then I'll be doing my own credit search through our company, and would still be checking all other references and running all other reports like eviction, criminal, etc.You could offer that as an alternative - but be sure to tell them in order to rent to them, you'll be running all checks through your company, which will be a hard hit.They'll probably screen themselves out at that point, anyway.If you're trying to figure out how to run someone's credit report without their knowledge, then as I understand it, that's against the law, and therefore, a really bad idea.