<prompt> Human: Hi PF, I am not sure if this is the right sub for this question. But I need advice on how to proceed. Our company is well established in Asia. The owner decided to expand business to the US. We were incorporated in March 2017. We have been renting a small room from a business building. Now we want to rent our own officewarehouse and we found a place that fits our needs. This real estate agent we are working with said landlords most likely wont accept our application because the ower doesnt have SSN and no personal credit history even if we include company bank statement and financial statementsbalance sheet gain loss. Our current bank balance is enough to cover 5 years of rent. We are planning to sign a 2-year lease. The agent strongly suggest us to put someone with SSN and credit history on the application. I am the only employee that qualifies at the moment. I told the agent to submit the app as is and just include all other statements to show that we can well afford that place, but he just wouldnt do it. Questions: Is it really bad for me if I sign the lease? How do I protect myself if thats the only route to go? I know I will be liable if the company defaults. I am 100 certain the owner in Asia will pay all the rents since the company is pretty successful in Asia. FYI, the person in charge in our US office understood my concern and he is not pushing me to do it. Hed like me to come up with some things that will secure my rights and credit before we have this discussion with the owner in Asia. I suggested to pay 2-year rent in advance but he said its very unlikely they will want to do that. Please give me all the suggestions you have. Thanks in advance! Edit: We do have an EIN and I put it on the application along with the owners personal info. I dont know if the agent just doesnt want to give it try or something. Its my first time renting for a company so I dont know if its right for the agent to just say no without trying even when we have EIN on the app and provide financial statements.  <response>: Heck no. He could try with a different landlord or pay someone a significant amount of money to do this for him. 