6 months tenant = half deposit?

[Marc Dufour]

I have a potential tenant who wants to lease for 6months instead of 1 year, my standard lease.

I said the deposit is 1 month rent for 1 year. Now the potential is asking to drop the deposit by 50% (only half a month), because he wants to lease for 6 months. Is it fair???

[Zach Zepp]

Nope. Stick with the full deposit. A person can do the same amount of damage to your property in six months as they could in a year.