If that boosts occupancy substantially and reduces turnover(each turnover there costs about $3k-$4k in legal, cleaning, painting, lost rent, etc, and that’s excluding the 2 months that the deadbeat got in free rent- so it’s probably closer to $4k-$5k) then I’ll have made a very wise decision.

If it is some (unlikely) bluff to boost of commission he'll come back to you if he can't find a better offer pretty quick.