Which probably means you also have to let your landlord know so they have that opportunity. Even then, I kind of suspect "a person I've never even met in perso

Which probably means you also have to let your landlord know so they have that opportunity. Even then, I kind of suspect "a person I've never even met in person, have no personal access to his id, have not vetted his references, and I don't even know what he looks like for sure" probably gives a landlord plenty of reasonable grounds to object.