red_flags tender_square -the tenant looked like a sketchy hoodlum when they came to tour the upper apartment with my realtor. ("we spoke quite a bit, and they seem like a very genuine person," my realtor said.) -the tenant had a bad credit score. ("but they have plenty in savings and multiple streams of income coming in," my realtor countered. "if it were my property, i'd rent to them.") -the tenant recently sold their property a couple of months ago and in that time, bought a vehicle that cost six figures. -the tenant seemed nervous or anxious at the in-person interview. ("what person isn't anxious nowadays?" my realtor said.) -the tenant revealed in the interview that they had a bad back and were on painkillers. -the tenant revealed that they smoked "only occasionally" when it was asked if they could comply with non-smoking rules on the premises. -my realtor never provided me with copies of the handwritten tenant references i had asked to see; he only paraphrased them to me over the phone. -my realtor never provided me with the bank records the tenant gave so that i could take a big-picture view. instead, he summarized that information for me and filtered it through his own judgment. -my realtor asked to set a meeting two days before the proposed year lease was to take effect. earlier that day, i attended an important job interview. and then i was packing my belongings to head cross-border for a few days. we slotted the meeting in for the limited time i had. -at one point during the interview, i wanted to get up and leave. not because anything had happened. just because i wanted it to be over, just because i didn't want to make a decision on the spot. 230404 what's it to you? who go blather from