I documented it and made sure they understood that the funds would be credited towards monthly rent when due.

The reality is that if you are a responsible landlord concerned with reducing your financial risks and you do not at times discriminate then you are not a responsible landlord concerned with reducing your financial risk.I always choose the applicant that is most qualified and as a result not only protect my business but also protect all my tenants by not putting my business financially at risk.Any landlord that would choose to select a less qualified candidate only to respect anti discrimination laws has either not understood how to screen or chooses to set very low screening standards.

I've never understood such an attitude... what difference does it make, when it comes to landscaping, if one rents or is the owner?

Right on and understood.

It was that, from what I understood, there wasn't going to be a way for me to have an in-depth conversation with someone in which I could ask all of my questions - and that was a 'red flag' to me.

TL;DR: While that sounds a little fishy to me, he wouldn't matter much to me as long as I made sure she understood that she will be held responsible for the lease, and possibly all by herself, regardless of any life events during the lease term.Regarding him, his concern would not fly with me.

However I finally googled it last night and now understood the person associated with the word eviction.

I have never understood why owners/landlords lack the ability to take ownership of what they have worked so hard to earn.

The selling agent completely understood and said that he will get that going, she was given notice on 7/31/16!

Being college students, we understood what he said but didn't think he was serious, so we held a small get together and had a great night (don't think of any crazy parties, think relaxed kickback).The next morning we got an eviction letter telling us to move out immediately.