There are two types of nuisance, criminal nuisance and non-criminal nuisance:""Non-Criminal Nuisance Example; Smoking and the tenant's tobacco smoke drifts into another rental unit, but only if the landlord prohibits smoking in all units."

They provide you with an application credit score, eviction history, and criminal background check. 

If any of them take you up on that, I would re-screen them with credit and criminal check to ensure you didn't inherit someone evil.Evicting a hold-over resident that does not have a lease is easier than evicting one with an enforceable lease that is simply not paying.

Since February about half of the syndations marketed through these forums have serious issues that rise to the level of criminal fraud.

Criminal landlords that did illegal things to get past RC & RS laws in NYC are why places like NY are putting such anti-landlord laws in place. 

There are a huge number of dishonest (and downright criminal) people in real estate and I believe that most of them started down that path by making small, seemingly insignificant compromises at first. 

Sorry you took offence, Look at all my response, very direct, tough love :) NOT here to discourage, Yes  I read it as you do not have the funds, If you do then there will be no issues.

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.

Luckily they have already met all the requirements for credit check, criminal, eviction, etc.

For example,   with limited exceptions you cannot screen for criminal history,   you cannot evict anybody (even under "normal" circumstances - we are still in the extended covid eviction protection period) during "winter" months or if they have kids or are in any way involved with the school system.