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Old 12-05-2020, 07:56 AM
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I am planning to rent a house in TV soon and it occurs to me that I am about to send a five figure check to a stranger who posted pictures and a description of a house on a website. The person does not need to actually own a house to post these pictures and collect checks from multiple strangers. Am I being paranoid or is this a real risk? I know lots of people have been ripped off on adds for cars on E-bay and Craigslist. Do the people operating these websites conform that the person listing the rental actually owns or manages the properties they are advertising?
Don't do it. Use a realtor. Five figures? Wow, quite costy. Use a realtor, we do.