In declining his offer I would go ahead and set the expectation that you are granting him a promotional rent for this lease period only  and he should expect a rent increase at lease renewal.

There is no doubt that REI in Section 8 is risky, but the entry point is attractive with leveraged yields well in excess of what you can achieve in regular REI.  

I suggest you get the tenant involved in checking in regularly and asking them to move things a long. 

It's putting a lot of faith and trust in a person that you may not know very well, and who you're not in regular contact with as to their life situation.

I just got kicked off of facebook not sure why i never post there I only check in to see what my grandkids are up to etc.. some of my clients though  they really hammer facebook so they dont come on BP anymore I think in my mind they probably find it easier to find clients on facebook than BP  since they can just share their projects without worry of getting banned for self promotion etc..

My mid Term Rentals have regular leases,they are just tailored to the property and term of lease.

Idaho is the most landlord friendly state in the country- the state legislature regularly passes laws to ensure that a property owner can do whatever they want with their property and not have any sort of state or county interference.

Again 20-30% is fair.I have an almost 100 year apartment building where I pay some of the utilities. 60% is a fair estimate and it's often more than that.I have a couple of older houses in 'bad areas' where the tenants regularly trash the property causing thousands of dollars in damage and move out in the middle of the night.

Worst case you sell 2 to regular buyers and the last one on auction or to a wholesaler.

.”- Rick and Ricky, SFR gurus“We bought this house in Toledo for $31,500 and sold it 10 years later for $34,000”:-) sorry my Toledo friend :) This sounds just like one BP member who posts regularly..."20 caps" everywhere.