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20 November 2024 | 23 replies
The other thing to keep in mind with self-showing lockboxes is that it's incredibly easy for someone use it as rent scam.
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26 November 2024 | 46 replies
The FIRE movement is the biggest fallacy in existence and like you said, a giant echo chamber that will implode and then everyone will say they were scammed when they were just looking for a hack to retire early.
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14 November 2024 | 5 replies
****I THINK THIS COMPANY IS A SCAM****This has been my experience so far with Federa.
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15 November 2024 | 12 replies
Be careful of marketing the property on your own, there are a lot of scams out there directed towards tenants.
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11 November 2024 | 9 replies
Sonja,Put "Groundup-solutions.com reviews" or "Groundup-solutions.com scam"into Google and see what happens.
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12 November 2024 | 2 replies
However, there's also the potential risk of encountering numerous scams.
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14 November 2024 | 8 replies
Nothing to be offended by or feel scammed by.My contracts say 30 days notice but most of the time I will enforce a 2 week "paid notice" minimum.
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10 November 2024 | 10 replies
Definitely check their ID (FB is full of fake profiles) and screen thoroughly.... many, many scams out there right now.