Red Flag(s)?
Hi everyone,
I have a prospective tenant looking to rent one of my larger units (3bd/2ba 1386 sqft for $3500/mo) in Connecticut.
I'm asking for the usual...
-Background check
-Credit Report
-References
-Proof of income
What's interesting is the prospective tenant wants the background check, the lease, and the credit report done through her husband who is taking up permanent residence in the Philippines, her explanation is that she doesn't have a SSN.
I'm not 100% sure I believe her, also not sure how to verify.
Should this prospective tenant default on the lease, I would think evicting her would be very difficult as it would cost a good amount of money to serve her husband with the eviction papers.
Just so we're clear...
1) The husband will not be living in the property, and likely won't step foot in it
2) The prospective tenant has her own business which does check out and does have legitimate income.
3) The prospective tenant does not want to sign the lease in her own name.
4) The prospective tenant does not want to fill out the background check or credit report.
5) The prospective tenant has genuinely been living in the US for 22 years (used to live in Florida).
Am I overreacting? Or should I just walk away from this deal?