I would re-phrase it as the classic lawyer advice - only talk when answering a question, and only answer exactly the question that was asked. For my case (pare

I would re-phrase it as the classic lawyer advice - only talk when answering a question, and only answer exactly the question that was asked. For my case (parent post) this would have manifested as me just not asking about tenants, and if they brought it up as "are you planning to have tenants" I would say "No" (not "maybe" - no plan existed at that point!)