This is gambling, you're trying to score big, and that always comes with risks.If he was a paying tenant this would be a lot simpler, but not necessarily in your favor.  

Vegas is no longer the world gambling mecca.

There are some great one's out there (we've bought several houses from wholesalers) but there are also some that basically just spam you with junk.

Once we figured out how to kill off the spam in our group forums, most of them died.

Is this a spam?

(There are many other ways to pierce the veil) General partnerships never have protection from liability, in fact if a general partner makes a very bad deal and signs a mortgage for a million dollars then loses it all gambling all the other partners are equally liable for the mortgage even though they never received a penny of the proceeds.

My last two listings were lifted by someone who offered them at ridiculous low rates on CL and tried to get someone to send them the SD and 1st month's rent without meeting the Landlord.One brokerage spams over 100 listings a day.

None of them were spam, all were real replies, and when I showed the apartments in "open house" type showings, received 8 applications, 6 of them people with high credit scores.

Some it is going to be caught by spam filters.

It's always a gamble when giving an upfront fee.