We own and manage two and one is particularly difficult during the shoulder (slow) seasons.

You could, for the purposes of verifying that you are not renting to someone who is potentially dangerous or financially incapable of shouldering the burden of being a roommate, ask them to apply through Zillow so that you can see their background check, that also gives you the opportunity to have others who might be interested in being your roommate as well, apply.

As the above paragraph says they assume you may have UNINTENTIONALLY discriminated, so the burden of proof is largely on your shoulders. 

What happened to the good old shoulder barge or accidental door kick hahaI don't ever remember buying a house without getting some eyes on it.I've always found some a back door or window "open" heheIf a neighbor approaches me, "No habla ingles" 😁

I'm going to be the devil on your shoulder here.

You don't want people peeking over their shoulder seeing someone's personal private information for example.

Seems like you have a good head on your shoulders.

Rub shoulders and network with people who are doing what you want to do.

.: Quote from @Chris Seveney: @James WiseI was sitting next to a doctor at a conference who did a private money loan and lost $$200k then he did a jv deal where he became co-owner of a LLC, gave a personal guarantee on the asset and put money in the deal to buy it but didn’t put a lien on property so partner went and leveraged the assets as well and ran off and dr had personal guarantee.They then bought a property and renovated half of it then decided to knock it down….I had a successful shoulder surgeon ask me to list his apartment building that was under-performing.

I'm happy to help if you need someone to look over your shoulder.