Move-in walk through with only wife of husband/wife tenants

[Jonathan Harms]

I'm looking for some insight to this scenario, thanks for your crack-shot advice! I have a few properties, but they are professionally managed. With this latest property, I want to learn the ropes so I advertised and found a nice young married couple who can afford the rent. Move in day is tomorrow, and we set up the time for the walk-through for late-afternoon. I just got an email from the husband mentioning his work schedule was changed and he wondered if it would be ok that just his wife did the walk-through. Not to be so conservative, but in today's litigious society, I feel a bit at risk with only myself and the female spouse doing the walk-through without the husband present. I'm sure I'm not the only one to face this dilemma. What is your experience BP?