Owner liability is one issue...if there is any criminal act that occurs, they would need to be identified as a person potentially having access.

Whether they tell me I can't search eviction or criminal history or not won't matter.

I have heard of real criminals getting fined FAR less than that for crimes.

@Ned J.I was able to tour the upstairs since it is separate and he doesn't live there. the down stairs needs a lot of work as in it looks like a dirty frat house (looked in through the windows) there is trash everywhere and the walls have years of cigarette smoke on them. the foundation looks good, HVAC too (was able to get into the basement since there is a exterior entrance. however the brother has convictions for "criminal property damage" so I guess my concern is him taking a bat to everything/ ripping out plumbing, and the numbers not working with 70K in damages.

I predict there will be criminal and SEC civil prosecutions of some of these syndicators.

However, keep in mind this kind of thing happens all the time and due to the (most likely) foreign nature of the criminals, you have little legal recourse.

I believe he is still under criminal investigation in the state of Indiana.

As far as I know, the only hurdle is that the bank will vet you to make sure you’re a licensed contractor without credit or criminal issues.

Part of this is due to legislators that feel credit scores discriminate against minorities, just like criminal records.

We charge $32 per applicant for a credit/criminal/eviction check.