Renting an extra bedroom in a home I'm living in

[Brandon Ho]

My parents bought a house for me, my girlfriend, and her sister to live in with 3 bed 2 bath. I put the 3rd room for rent for $850 and all utilities and services included. The house is $200k with 1619 sqft, built in 2019 and modern styled. This is my first time doing this, I used templates online for the paperwork and put the ad on Facebook and Craigslist. We accepted someone to rent the room. The tenant is moving in September 22 from paris and the father will be sending in checks from paris. They already sent a check for rent, security deposit (i mentioned they didnt have to do a security deposit), and money to pick up the car thats being sent over from paris. I have many questions. Am i allowed to do this because my mom is paying for the house and not me, she allowed me to Airbnb, but I decided renting is guaranteed because it's college town. Is my rent too low? Too high? What is the legal process of renting to a roommate?

[Crislie P.]

@Brandon Ho can I guess that this is a deal from craigslist? Please read about fake check scam. There’s tons on craigslist .

Similar example is found here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/6kcocw/craigslist_check_scam/