Acceptance must be identical to the terms of the offer. 

There are lots of threads with original posts nearly identical to this one that you can find, the above is just an answer that isn't necessarily always talked about.

If you're doing background checks on potential tenants, then that should verify their identity with no need for notarization.

I could've written a nearly identical story out here. 

My housekeeper would not be equipped to know if things are really broken or not.  

All of such equipment and the exit plan shall be accessible to overnight lodgers at all times.

So total of $2500.00 that I lost to this scammer plus the fear of identity theft because he got my info including wife and kids.  

There are identical townhomes being leased out at strong rates that would heavily cash flow against my current mortgage....and in the meantime I get to enjoy living in new construction!

Tenant(s) Government Issued ID: typically, this will be a driver’s license to prove the identity of the tenant(s).

However, I recently had to re-rent 3 units in the Raleigh area, which is usually EXTREMELY easy to find qualified tenants.The two which I rented in September and October were super easy and rented to great tenants within a week.For my unit that became available in November, there were barely any people at all responding to my ads even though it was an identical unit at a slightly lower price.