Adding someone to the Lease

[Racheal Stoyk]

I would like to know thoughts on adding someone to the lease. I have a current tenant who has lived at the home only a couple of months and wants to have a friend added to the lease. The current tenant met all of our criteria, background check etc. I feel that it is very likely that the person she wants added would not meet our criteria and I likely wouldn't have rented to her in the first place had the friend applied along with her. Is it better to add her to the lease or not to? I have heard advise from both sides. What are your thoughts/ suggestions?