Should I keep showing the unit or stick with this prospect?

[Jack B.]

I'm about two months away from moving with plenty of interest in my house. I get maybe 3-5 contacts a day on average. 

The guy and his family applied (this was like pulling teeth with him) and passed. He makes 156K a year, doesn't have pets, and plans on being here for 2-3 years (most tenants in my neighborhood only last for a year from what I've seen. My other rentals have much longer tenancies, must be the demographic [waiting to buy].

Still, we need to agree on a move date because he has to be out before April 1 and I wasn't planning on moving until April 1. I suggested he ask his landlord if he can stay a couple days longer on a pro-rated basis, and that I would also look into moving sooner myself. 

Well, that was Sunday. After we had the discussion and he passed the background check, he said he had to go on a business trip until Thursday and would be in touch then. Mind you this is after I had brought up that we still need to agree on move on date and collect a deposit. I brought this up more than once in our email exchanges as part of the application process.

I'm thinking of giving him until this weekend to arrange the situation and put down a deposit to hold, otherwise I will start showing the house again. Right now I've explained to leads there is an application pending but I will contact them if it falls through.

I actually make the same amount of money as him unbeknownst to him, although I'm half his age. Still, I'm concerned that he thinks he is/can manage me instead of the other way around. I'm wary of, if there is an issue down the road, saying, oh, I'm going on a business trip, we'll have to deal with this when I get back, if a situation arises where something needs to be addressed.

Still, other than this he seems almost the ideal tenant. I do still have plenty of time to find another lead, however. I think it's worth the hassle waiting for a week to see if this guy pans out, because then I would have likely 3 long term tenants and would not likely have to deal with vacancies in 2016 or 2017. What would you do?