How do you find good renters for a nice house in a nice neighborhood?

I don't want someone to trash my house. Ideally, I would like to see a nice family here and not a pack of college students or something. How do you screen renters to pick out the bad apples. My last roommate overdosed on heroin in my spare room and I found him almost dead so I think I need some help in the screening process.

I have been an apartment manager for 25 years. Take my advice and turn your rental over to a management company to handle..It will cost you but in the future you will be glad you did. They do all the screening, lease preparation, etc. Everyone thinks it's easy, but as your experience has shown you, it isn't.

You have to be very careful, especially with all the crazy, nasty people out there. Don't take a chance with your property or your life.

make the person give you the phone # to their previous landlord, get a reference check on them to make sure they paid every month on time and ask them if they have evr had any problems renting to them. and also ask if they would ever rent to that person again.

Background checks and be sure to ask questions during the actual interview to see their lifestyle, their living habits and other predispositions to things that may be important to you as the landlady.

pray and ask God to send you the right people