They can justify their own bad behavior, because you are not honest yourself.This "fear" comes down to landlords not wanting to feel responsible for issues.

The tax projections don't always take into account how the changes affect behavior.

He had a criminal record of stealing his families property and was presently in jail.

Is this normal behavior from PM's and something I will just have to deal with or should I expect more from them?

The general I call for that doesn't even get out of his truck, just calls another sub and collects the payment when it's done.I dont think there is a shortage of people that can do the job, but finding ones that have a couple million dollars coverage, have legal employees that pass criminal background checks and have the patience to sit down and sign contracts and know how to get onto a corporate accounting structure for payments is the real shortage.

In actuality they are involved with after hours activities nothing short of gang related behaviors with multiple individuals frequenting all night long etc… I know some experienced investors here have handled similar issues.

Hey Peter,In my experience as a landlord, you almost have to expect the unexpected and behavior like this is not uncommon.As a landlord, you definitely want to ensure the tenants pay the utilities to avoid situations like this.  

He received over $1M of completely bogus IRS refunds in total.When the IRS criminal investigators finally caught up with him, the Orlando US Attorney's office declined to prosecute this upstanding citizen who, by the way, also engaged in other honorable activities such as physical abuse of his son and stealing from his late mother's estate.Telling y'all, we need to learn to work smarter, not harder.

When I asked for credit, criminal report, neither was done. 

Again, I do hundreds of applications a year and have been using online applications and screening for almost nine years with no issues.Company A sounds the most experienced/professional but I'm curious why they would hire a PM with a recent criminal record.