Renter Qualifies, Wants It Unseen, Contract Worker, Out of State

[Chris S.]

Hello, I have 7 rental properties right now (I'm not extremely seasoned in finding renters) and on one of them we have an applicant from another state that wants to rent the house unseen (just from pics on Zillow).  The husband would be coming here for a contract position and the wife would be getting a job here (that's not set up yet).  

Their current income meets our requirements, but since it's a contract position that ends in 4-6 months, I'm wondering if they'll be able to pay.  They said they would pay 7 months up front (of a 7 month contract), plus 2 months security, to make it easy.

The whole thing kind of seems like the perfect storm for an internet scam / bad story.. ha.  I'm not sure how I could lose money here, but I figured I'd run it by you guys quick..  Thanks!