If you want to do people a favor you can get their offer(s) in writing and then when they try some bait and switch on you - report them to the state and national licensing boards.

Where these numbers are found, there is a very high rate of rent actually being paid.We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, and mortgage industry National footprints.

If you could find any news stories, that might be a place to start, or even share national housing shortage data.

We try to go 1 step further than the national builders we are competing with.

My husband has worked for one of the largest national home builders for 23 years.

Real Estate values, nationally, have never decreased over any 10 years.

This is a nation wide issue but just want to make sure you realize.

Establishing a relationship with a few of them locally or nationally [if you have a network] would be extremely beneficial.

@Chris Blackburn, while I can't speak to this specifically, there are a few red flags I see in your post.1: A Realtor has to be a member of the national association of realtors, an industry trade group primarily focused on your typical home buyer.  

BP is free and as a next level above, you can join any one of the big national RE brokerages that have much bigger networks, better education, and provide access to legitimate lenders instead of private lenders who may or may not be legit.