Don’t Get Tricked by These Recent Rental Scams
Submitted by Summer Mandell on Mon, 2023-04-03 10:21It sounds like an ideal scenario if you’re a landlord or listing agent for a residential lease: A licensed sales agent submits a prospective tenant’s application to you with proof of a clean background check and great credit report. But is that tenant’s agent making life easier for you, or is it a scam?
A Rise in Leasing Fraud
The Texas Real Estate Commission’s Enforcement Division is urging license holders to do their own research to avoid being part of the rise in complaint investigations involving leasing fraud.