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Old 12-05-2020, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by STLRAY View Post
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 confirm that the person listing the rental actually owns or manages the properties they are advertising?
Check out villagers4rent.com, scroll down to Help & Information, click on verify ownership. that will allow you to access the county ownership records (search by last name only). Most of the homes here at this point are in Sumter county. Always good to check.