When the apartment listing is too good to be true
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Re: When the apartment listing is too good to be true
#2Could have stopped at:
> Rent noticeably below market, with every utility included.
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#4Could have stopped at: > Rent noticeably below market, with every utility included.
It seems the number one way to detect a scam is "if it's too good to be true, it probably is." I wonder when scammers will just pick a reasonable market price. Lots of people are renting market price apartments, after all.
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#5I gave up after a couple of paragraphs... somewhat related, when we were renters we came across at times landlords that wouldn't rent to Americans. They didn't hide - they'd just say they don't rent to Americans.
I think it's because we have different expectations - when you move out of a place here it has to be the same exact condition as when you moved in which means you have to pay to have it painted, get the carpets cleaned, have the oven, etc inspected and maintained... also, you have to bring your own ceiling light fixtures so you remove those too.
There's a whole industry of cleaning companies that handle you moving out.
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At least they filtered out the emojis before posting
Re: When the apartment listing is too good to be true
#7Could have stopped at: > Rent noticeably below market, with every utility included.
It seems the number one way to detect a scam is "if it's too good to be true, it probably is." I wonder when scammers will just pick a reasonable market price. Lots of people are renting market price apartments, after all.
Under market prices are very effective tool to encourage fear of missing out. At near market rates lot more people would consider it over longer period. Low price leads to wanting the dealt to be done and locked.
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#8I gave up after a couple of paragraphs... somewhat related, when we were renters we came across at times landlords that wouldn't rent to Americans. They didn't hide - they'd just say they don't rent to Americans. I think it's because we have different expectations - when you move out of a place here it has to be the same exact condition as when you moved in which means you have to pay to have it painted, get the carp…
I don’t think those things are a matter of expectations - those are clearly written in the contract that you sign. I believe not renting to Americans is about something else.
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#9The real rental market in Switzerland and Germany is indistinguishable from scam. Most of the times you are no going to rent anything anyway.
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#10"AI-generated copy that says a lot and commits to nothing." Haha.
Seriously, it's nice that Kimi did the investigation, and it's good that that's disclosed at the end (would be better at the top). But please, do a pass of human review for the most grating inconsistencies and style issues.