Comment on Charging to tour rental properties...

joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• rozodru@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean really just spruce up one unit, charge for tours, charge for applications, why even bother renting?

  I mean places already charge just to submit an app.

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  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    People do that, its pretty clear cut fraud though so it usually doesnt work out the best in the end.

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• Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The idea is proably just to filter out people who aren’t serious / not gonna show up.

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  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Its common to pay a down payment to hold a rental, this is just a shittier version of that.

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    • bountygiver@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You pay the downpayment to reserve the spot, so they cannot rent that to someone else once you pay. Touring does not apply the same restriction to the property.

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      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah thats why I said its shittier. Still costs money but the renter gets nothing for it.

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