Specific consent is usually better, if there is no harm, then tell them the friend from Utah can stay for the week, 7 days and that you expect them to be leaving or perhaps you'll add them to the lease at an additional fee. :)

I did read an article once where a judge found the sole member of an LLC personably liable for LLC debts because no one else would be harmed even though the member never signed personably for the debt.

i'm sure these numbers will do more harm than good, as people use these websites from across the country....i can see it now from wholesalers and selles:"house for 30,000....according to zillow it's worth 280,000 and will rent for 2,200!!"

You don't want to put them in a situation where they or their kids could be harmed.

No one gets harmed.

The problem with the gurus is they teach this garbage with no care as to how a seller may be harmed. 

I’m an HR professional by day and you should consider if there are any conflict of interests policies in the workplace.

If you are always the MANAGER, you always have a third party to defer to, and bingo, declination, no harm, no foul.Forget about telling the guy off--he's already a jerk, so pity the fool!

Hey @Caleb Heimsoth maybe I worded it wrong but my thought process was that the possibility of a market crashing would harm incomes for various people thus, it would be difficult for them to keep up with rent. 

Many newbie investors post on this board with their potential investments and the more experienced investors here try to keep them from making mistakes that could cause them great financial harm.