Potential applicant's spouse is deployed, Q's related to that

[Harrison Fortier]

First time landlord here. I have an applicant who has been pretty responsive to my emails and Qs. Going through the screening (pre-showing / pre-application process).

This applicant's spouse is deployed. Not sure when he will be back. The applicant's income alone does not qualify for our 3x rent criteria. She asked if we would count her husband's income toward that. As he is out of country somewhere, he wouldn't be on the lease.

If she applies, I was going to ask for a bank statement on the checking account where is military pay is deposited so I could verify her name was on it and thus she had access to the income.

Is this a terrible idea, or a great idea? Would you use her deployed husband's income toward meeting our screening criteria? Any surprises that I should prepare for?