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01-12-2012, 08:03 AM #1
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Craiglist Scams. What do you do?
Its not just renters that have issues with this. It can cause a great deal of trouble for landlords. I had one of my apartments used in a scam, one that was actually for rent. You can image my surprise when a guy shows up and cusses me out because his key doesn't work in an apartment that is currently vacant.
Its not exactly an easy situation for the landlord. Often times the rent is quite a bit lower then what it should be. Not to mention that scammers don't exactly care who they get their money from since their not actually renting.
The guy that showed up had bad credit when I ran his report through. Couldn't pay the actual price of the rent. No deposit, bad credit and not enough income. What am I suppose to do? The guy is to high a risk a tenant and I depend on rent to pay my bills.
I didn't scam him. Nor did I fall for a scam for an apartment that is ridiculously too low for the area. And yet some how I'm the bad guy. Then of course there is the lovely chat with the cops after the guy got done screaming at me and called them.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to reduce the risk of a repeat of this or at least some tips on keeping things from getting nasty?http://www.tenantverification.com/ - tenant screening, the first step to a good tenant landlord relationship.
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02-07-2012, 10:22 AM #2
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I make sure to go through some sort of screening process before meeting up with someone and giving them a showing.
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