Need advice renting to a friend of current tenant

[Tony H.]

Hi BP, I will have a vacancy in one of the unit in my duplex by end of this month. I have put an Ad on Zillow and put my requirements out there. So far, I have about 20 ppl interested - honestly half of this probably not even gonna show up during showing early next month. This morning I got a text from someone who lives in the area (a couple houses away from my duplex). He says he is very interested and knows my other tenant who is still staying in my other unit (unit A). Somehow I am bit worried renting to their “circle of friends”. Am I wrong on this? One thing is that my current tenant in unit A pays below market rent (i have a deal with them). I have been renting unit B for market rent. Im worried that when it comes time to raise the rent, they may complain and refer to my unit A tenant rent price., etc... Secondly, I dont know if he is going to meet the requirements. Sounds like he is trying to get the place just because they know each other. What should I do?