@Rhiannon Then Definitely run a full credit, criminal, eviction check on her and any adult over 18 that will be living there.

Taking into account the loss of life, I'm quite certain a very costly legal bill would happen both criminal and civil.

I have a clean criminal background, and the 3 evictions have all been dismissed.Sadly I heard a realtor(here) make the claim that people who get evicted had to be due to neglect to pay their rent.

Report of propertyScreening processMonthly income is at least 3x rent Civil and criminal background checkResident ResearchCredit checkCheck cleanliness of carSubmit questionnaire AcquisitionProperties will be bought by, but not limited to private sales, listings on the MLS and foreclosuresCash Flow AssessmentTo Be Determined By PropertyInitial Cost:Loan:Rent:Mortgage:Repairs:Management:Taxes:CapEx repairs:Vacancy: Include your assessment of what could go wrong and how you would plan to handle problems?

no criminal record, he would be my roommate, i live in illinois which means it takes a long time to evict someone. 

In addition to that we'll run a credit, eviction, and criminal background check. 

-County appraisal data - Absentee owned, Probate-County District clerk (Criminal/civil data) - Divorce, Tax delinquency, Foreclosure, Felony convictions-Justice of peace courts (Lookup your Precinct) - Debt claims, Evictions, Small claims, etc..- Public real Estate Agent records - Many real estate agents are actually buyers (you can pull up their company info and match it with appraisal district data and identify cash buyers to build your cash list).

So I would advise that you learn a bit about better tenant screening; in PA, the state now has free internet searches for lots of important things pertaining to tenant screening, including criminal court records, landlord tenant magistrate records, and even traffic driving offense court records (useful for the tenant that drives for the first job or is Uber or Lyft driver on the side).

I know this was against the judgement of some comments, but I do agree that theft of golf flags seems to be more of a drunken mistake than something I would consider to be criminal. 

Plus, that way you would have a name and phone number for everyone who shows up, rather than just letting any random stranger or criminal to come traipsing through your property, casing the place or just adding more dirt.I have spoken LOL.