My friend did a very thorough check, calling employers, past land lords, and rented his place to a seemingly very nice guy, his wife, and 2 kids.
It turns out he was the crack addict that was just shot and killed by police a couple months ago.
Have fun.
My rule of thumb, pick people that have a very good reason to be renting. Young couples, students (expect parties though), and new immigrants. With every middle aged family that seems to have good jobs there is always the "hmmm... so why are you still renting with a good job when you're 40-50?" factor. I know there are lots of people in that demographic that would be great tenants, it just seems to be the highest percentage of people who will be constantly late on rent and whining about everything also seem to be in that demographic.
If you get a young couple or students, it's often a short term transition place. They won't be asking you to re-sod the lawn because it's not green enough for them.
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