Hello,   As an active buy&hold landlord type, I often have to run criminal checks on people.  I have been using SentryLink.  They do a national level search for about $20.  Problem though.  It's happened twice.  I...

I have a tenant that the wife has a clear back ground, but her husband has a felony for a misuse of debit card for $32?! They make more than enough and have 3 kids.. They are good people and make 3 times the rent.. bo...

hey bp, im in the process of getting my license for real estate in texas. i have two charges that are both misdemeanors, one of them i am currently on probation for. i had a theft charge in 2014 that was a class b but...

Good morning all,I just screened an applicant for a rental property that I have in PA. The criminal background check showed that the applicant commit a crime , Manslaughter. I sent the applicant a letter explaining th...

I've been pre-approved on a loan already in escrow I did everything I was supposed to do remodeled my home sold it in Los Angeles all said and done have 550k move to Houston I'm at the end of escrow now I have to have...

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an interesting idea that popped into my head has me wondering whether it is creative genius or technically criminal. so i am asking this community  (would be great if a real estate attorney could chime in) if anyone k...

New landlord here..applications come thru with a clean criminal background check.  I also look up potential tenants on social media, mugshots.com, google them and find plenty of arrest but no actual adjudication or ca...

Hey All,Whenever you run criminal background checks what are things we can lawfully exclude. For example, can I eliminate future apartment applicants that may have violent crimes (e.g. Murder), Drug Crimes and/or sexu...

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Im in the process of looking for tenants again for one of my units. I have used the PMS Avail for the last two years to manage my units & screen all potential tenants. However I realized that they no longe...