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Old 12-05-2020, 04:42 PM
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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?
Go to the appropriate County's web site and do a property search to verify if the supposed owner really holds title to the property. That's what we did when we rented direct from owners before eventually buying here.