Sister Qualifies, Brother has red flags

[Patrick Shea]

Here is an interesting scenario.  I have a set of applicants, a brother and a sister who are living together.  The Sister qualifies to rent the apartment all on her own; her income is 3x rent, her rental history and references are great, and she has a pretty strong credit score.  The brother on the other hand has a load of eviction notices, his references didn't check out (wrong numbers), and has a little bit of a credit issue, he does qualify on income.  They are looking to break their lease 3 months early (red flag) for a bigger space as they work opposite shifts and live in a small two bedroom.  I am little torn on the brother, he is a former marine and now is a cop and also went through a pretty dramatic divorce (hence why he is living with his sister).  All of his eviction notices come from when he was married. I am a navy veteran and on my second marriage so I am a proponent of second chances.  One thing that I was thinking is that the sister was just putting her name on the lease to get him out of her apartment, but she seems really invested in moving as most of the communications come from her.

I don't need to fill the vacancy right away as I bought the house out right and my only monthly costs are utilities.

In my mind there are far to many red flags on the brother to even consider it, but the sister is great and I have a slight emotional tie in helping out Veterans and Cops. 

Just want to know if other people have experienced this sort of issue and what they decided to do and how it worked out.