Oh, baby, did I learn that before!! I once put myself in the middle of something. At the time, I thought I was being "nice", but it put me in a bad spot. I have gotten better on that, even though it makes me feel evil and mean!!!!
And actually, it's not really my "fault"- I just happened to mention something , and too much was attached to it. A normal person would have said "oh, can you find something out and let me know" , while she was already making plans to move in the next day!!!!
What I "would" have done was tell her to speak to SIL and let SIL make her own decision. At the time, I didn't even know what plans she had for it,(maybe she really needed to find someone asap) plus, if CW would have problems making the rent, I did not want it to backfire on me.