The property is expensive and the lawyer is also not free. So we can assume the renter is not someone destitute. As someone who once was a small business owner

The property is expensive and the lawyer is also not free. So we can assume the renter is not someone destitute. As someone who once was a small business owner, I was always way more afraid of rich scammer clients than of the poor ones. The rich when they feel entitled to take what is yours, are far more brazen, well equipped to explore the laws to do so, and completely shameless.