Maybe they've been burned by landlords in the past and are being very careful.You can legally reject them based on personality, facial tattoos, body odor, or other factors, but you better make sure you can prove that it wasn't based on any protected class like race, religion, familial status, etc.

There is such tremendous demand for inventory in EVERY niche - primary residences, LTRs, MTRs, STRs, flips, multi, absolutely everything. 

Also make sure to have owners add you to their property insurance policies, so you have liability protection. 

This could help protect against any future lawsuits. 

I understand there are some protections that go along with it with all the law suits going around but hardly doubt they would go after an office with two agents in it.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

A well written management contract should clearly spell out what is expected of both the PMC and the owner, to PROTECT both and avoid misunderstandings.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Because they were primary residences, we had homesteads on all of them.

In real estate, blunt honesty often protects people from common pitfalls or predatory advice that oversimplifies the challenges of investing.