It's worth reminding the tenants that thier behavior and habits are likely contributing to the problem.

So I have had good luck or I should say I have been careful, but I have learned that besides the matter of serious financial issues, behavioral issues can provide very real headaches.

I expect that many wannbe wholesalers don't have a penny, and that many more could not clear the frankly quite low bar of getting licensed (passing the test, credit or criminal background check, etc.)

In Canada it is not routine to run criminal background checks and there appears to be no ready means of conducting them.

Hello,   As an active buy&hold landlord type, I often have to run criminal checks on people. 

If they say the ss number then she can fill out your name and send in the document.You don't ever have to see it.It's just like people getting loans for a mortgage.When I show property people don't want you knowing their net worth or income and how you spend it etc.I tell them I don't need any of that just the approval from the mortgage company.That is between you and them.When I did residential short sales sellers would give me ss for authorization but I am a real estate broker.While not full proof I did have to pass licensing and a criminal back ground check among other hoops.Some investor just showing up at a door asking for a s.s. number could be a criminal,scammer,whatever.

I can also run criminal background checks on my state DPS site and check litigation on local county sites.

L T,The juvenile petty criminals stole from you.

Whether there was criminal activity or perhaps it was just mistakenly delivered and processed by a large company (explaining the fact that there was no endorsement) we won't know for a while.

This usually consists of a criminal background check, and infrequently a copy of your credit report.The experience requirement is often waived for attorneys or equivalent experience.