I can see why people would want that, I worked 1099, then w-2 temp with a 3 month at a time contract for 1 and a half years. No bank wanted to touch me even though I had 20k and a work history of 8 years with no breaks. It's a huge pain in the ass as a 1099 to get a loan, it's possible, but it is a huge pain in the ass, and once I went w-2 temp it was off the table. It wasn't until I got moved from w-2 temp to w-2 outsourced was when a bank would finally loan me the money.
I had extra incentive at the time because the landlord had raised our rent over 10% after the first year. Not being a landlord myself I don't understand why this would be justified, I thought it was a little absurd. We declined the offer to "set the rate" for the next year by signing a lease which offered no incentive, a landlord who would raise the rent in less than a year after raising it over 10% isn't exactly one I want to be staying with.