Maybe a corporate group looking to house multiple workers like for construction or power projects. 

People were chasing industrial workers on the LNG projects in 2020 and paying outrageous rates for rental housing. 

But it is technically illegal to do so.

So I am not saying that lease options are illegal or scammy.

@Russell Brazil Although, Russell brings up a good point, I have personally read the Fair Housing Act several times and have never seen anything in there about it being illegal to discriminate against payment source.

If the seller is trying to avoid legal issues with the city for illegally operating a property I would get out of that.

Just recently listened to a podcast on mid-term rentals specifically for traveling nurses but could also include corporate professionals or large-scale construction project workers.

Many claim they do not charge a markup, but then aren't transparent with invoices, etc. 1) If a PMC charges $x hourly, their markup is built into that hourly rate as they are NOT paying their workers that hourly rate.2) Many PMC's send you ONLY their invoice, or from their wholly owned maintenance company, not the underlying invoices from Home Depot and contractors.

Rising home prices for developers isn't new, but if you were in contract, what they did is most likely illegal.

No fun Henry :)    Actually eviction is illegal in Seattle during the winter months.