Potential tenant with bills in collection

[Mohammad Sheatt]

I have a SFH for rent . A young couple are interested. Their income in 3x monthly rent . This background check was ok except that they have several bills in collection (medical, cell phone companies) as recent as 6 mo ago. I have not spoken to their previous land lord yet. Do you consider the collection a red flag if their landlord verify that they pay rent on time? would you not offer them a lease contract based on that ? Thx