But screening section 8 tenants is as important as screening any other tenant. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

I don't feel that my criteria are outrageous - 650 fico, 2.5x to 3x income to rent (im in SoCal), no violent criminal history, verified rental history w/no major neg feedback from previous landlord.If any of you out there have some good tips regarding filtering applicants before they waste too much time, please share them - (how much qualification info do you put in your ads, do you reiterate this criteria in all of your communications to them, do you do pre-screening applications prior to seeing the units, etc etc etc).

No one is out to screw someone over, but where there's blood in the water, there will always be sharks.

While you may immediately start eviction within your lease terms, a better solution would be to prevent problems from becoming a property-wide issue.What you need to do:Initiate strong resident screening and vetting protocol.

@Tammy WiseTry 220 grit sand paper (the metal screen kind) with a good cleaner. 

As I expand this I will probably work with @Jerry Puckett to do my mailings and probably hire a VA to pre-screen calls.  

Have you contacted American Tenant Screening?

Since the location on your posts indicates you might be from out of town/state, here's a very recent article that goes into some detail on the current redevelopment plans, and timeline, for the movie theater near the property you're looking at: http://www.c-ville.com/new-owner-says-downtown-regal-to-reopen-as-dine-in-movie-theater-next-fall/#.VGjO38lWmngUp until the Stonefield development opened almost exactly two years ago (late 2012) with more screens, stadium seating and IMAX, the Regal downtown mall theater was pretty much the spot in the greater Charlottesville area for the dinner-and-a-movie crowd. 

Then on the wall above the bar you have a space for the big screen.