I can't tell you how many times I have been stood up waiting for the applicant to show up.If you are concerned about your well being with people off of craigslist get your conceal and carry.

While the money amount wasn't better, my offer stood out and fit their needs, so I was the bid accepted.

This helped me a lot on getting stood up on appointments as much plus made it a competition to the potential renters when they see other people looking at the house too. 

@Ned Carey   None  I went to my grand daughters soccer game in Oregon and stood there in the rain... but who knows what tomorrow brings

We were being stood up by prospects which wasted time so we began showing once a week with 10 minute time slots.

@Jay Hinrichs, I would agree, they are good people, and have stood behind their product and made things right when they legally and contractually could have walked away!

@Tony GunterAround here there are numerous post-war houses which were built with no eave over the gable end - I suppose saving 12" of material for each gable added up when they were building 100 - 200 houses in a neighbourhood ;-)Depending on how much of an eave you wish to have there are two ways you can achieve it:The "correct" way:  You need to build a ladder which is cantilevered off of the end truss in your gable.

I stood my ground and said, no, sorry there are too many people and I can't hold the house contingent upon them finding another place to rent!!  

That is the largest supply of homes since November 2012 when it stood at 4.1 months."

A brick and mortar house that has already stood for fifty to a hundred years is a solid place to start.