Signing the lease demonstrates they agree to the terms and then you can hold them accountable.If you don't do this, then the person named on the lease and paying the rent could disappear and you would have no legal authority to charge the remaining three for unpaid rent.

Registration is only permitted for legal entities, partnerships and natural persons who are 18 years or older.

Go as high as you can go legally. 4.

What is anticipated legal costs?

So, we decided to ride it out and go through the legal process.

Once you know what is legal (seeing other listings in a particular area does not count as people do it in illegal areas all the time). 

You can buy my book, the book from Brandon in the BP bookstore, or Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO. 

Many would be surprised to learn that about half of all states allow discrimination based on marital status, meaning a landlord can reject applicants that are not related and not legally married.As always, it's important to know the laws of your jurisdiction.

They could make legal arguments about hardship and/or off-sets for non-compliance by landlord, but this would require posting rent or coming even with rent.

Any legal issues I should be aware of in this situation?