I would ask to speak to their ins. agent.When you find a discrepancy during the option period you can then renegotiate the terms of the contract. 

Until the appraisal happens, we won't know if there's a discrepancy or not.

I recall trying to use the work number one time and it was taking too long, so I used other routes to verify employment and income to my satisfaction.If you are suspicious about the validity of the pay stubs and/or think you found a discrepancy, talk with the prospective renter about your concern and see what she says.

They will probably also be messier and cause more damage.From a manager's perspective, I'd choose the newlyweds hands-down, especially if you want to manage it yourself from out-of-state.I don't know how to discuss the discrepancy in amounts of rent without more info on that.  

I worked at a Large over 300 unit complex. the prior manager had embezzled and I discovered this to the tune of about 60 K discrepancy.  

I would definitely get your own professional maintenance and just have full market rate tenants to offset.There's no telling what her level of true "maintenance" is that will cost you more in the long run from hidden issues than you'll save via a rent arrangement.And out of principle alone, she will give you issues over this $100 discrepancy and has the power to cause you problems (neglect, bad mouthing to other tenants, etc).Goodbye to her IMO!

I ask applicants about discrepancies, look at social media, and now I visit their current home to get an idea of what my property will look like in the future. 

If they give you a phone number for their work or supervisor, google the business and ask for the HR dept, instead of using the name and number they gave you.Any lies or discrepancies they give you are valid reasons to deny them.Pay for every single type of check you can do on them, credit/background/criminal/eviction/identity, etc. 

Since then Ive been trying to analyze different properties here to see if the investment is feseable or not.Since we dont have a culture for investment analysis in SFR Homes, there is not much precendet on the matter.The problem.When starting to analyze property, i realized some major discrepancies on how the market dynamics are different:1.

In short - Just looking for some ideas of how we can become partners given the age discrepancy and vastly different investment horizons.