Gracie, I understand trying to protect yourself and your property. But suppose you do everything possible including background checks and the people you rent to haven't been arrested before. Keep supposing that they meet every requirement on your lease and they turn out to be drug dealers and start cooking meth in your garage?
The thing is, you don't want to let it get to the rental agreement part. You have every right to request background checks, credit reports, references, check with the potential renter's employer to see if they have a job and their income et al. If they pass all of these tests and they are scumbags, you will still get stuck with scumbag renters.
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