Potential renter has weird request

[Michael Sheridan]

So I have this potential renter that on paper seems to be great however when I met with him to sign lease agreement he said he required that I show him proof that the mortgage is being paid every time he pays rent or he will stop paying.... I’ve never had this request before and I’m pretty much ready to tell him I’m not going to give him the unit. However as a side note has anyone had this issue before and what did you do about it? Did you just give the renter what he wanted and let him get into unit?

[Todd Rasmussen]

@Michael Sheridan

Potential tenants with extra requests shalt not become tenants. I've had a couple if/then, special requests, I'll take it if, will you put in, can you upgrade type of conversations but never went with any of them. Waited for the person that wasn't going to be a handful and never regretted it.

A seller asked how she would know we were paying the mortgage on the bulk of the homes worth. Just kept the response simple, "If you are worried I won't make the mortgage payments, then you should not be considering selling the property to me." I think you could phrase something like that to the potential tenant, but I wouldn't add to your admin workload.