That landlord seems overly paranoid. I once rented a courtyard villa in the Villages for a season (think mega bucks up front). The landlord spent over 45 minutes on the phone with each of my references then checked my professional licensure with the state of Florida. Then, once I was in residence in the villa, the landlord wanted to conduct monthly checks of the house by asking a neighbor to walk through the houst and take pictures. I was appalled by his intrusiveness and his paranoia. Obviously, I did not rent from this couple again.
It was obvious to me that this person really had never been a landlord before. Nor should he ever be a landlord in the future! When you rent your property, you take all appropriate legal safeguards, but then you have to trust that your due diligence was adequate to the task!
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