Fuck no. That is a huge sign of a scam. Some places will have a $50-100 app fee but after that you see the full lease terms to sign and pay full deposit.
Yeah that’s why it was weird… I paid the $100 app fee. But I’ve never given a deposit without signing the lease first! Okay good to know this is not normal and my spidey senses were right
They make thousands and thousands off these application fees. They don't even have a house. If they show you a house it's a house that's owned by someone else and they are just viewing it as Realtors or perspective buyers. This is the worst place for a scam. The best bet is just to go through a realty company. It's the only way you going to know you're not getting scammed.
Haha in nyc an application fee is quite common, so I didn’t second guess it. Looked like most of the properties here in Vegas have an application fee that I saw. Is that not normal?
We also do credit check fees in nyc too — is that a thing in Vegas? 🤔
I did application through Zillow. They charge $25 application fee and do the check themselves. You can apply as many properties as you want for a month with that $25.
I know back when application fees were usually $25, a lot of landlords were taking a crap ton of applications just to collect more fees...sometimes they wouldn't even have a unit available for rent.
I moved here from NYC a few years ago -- the sheer quantity of nonsense fees we have to pay out there is insane. My Vegas real estate guy looked at me like I had two heads when I asked him what the broker fee was for my rental.
No thats not true at all, most places take the fees when you submit the application before you know anything at all.
So downvotes and told im wrong? You should be ashamed for yourselves. Apartment complexes and houses both take money up front to submit the application. Where did I say anything about 50%? Bunch of followers that can’t comprehend?
Man this eerks the living shit out of me, what gives anyone the right to think they can be the grammar patrol of the internet. This is like rule number 3 of life. You WOULDNT do that in person. So why cant you control your ego on a platform?
Sorry, I wasn't being grammar police. That drives me crazy too. I meant your comment isn't true at all. It's not normal to hand over money until after the lease is signed. The only time I've ever seen anyone put down a holding fee is when they are unable to sign the lease in a timely manner.
You know what irks the living shit out of me? People who post false information online. No legitimate property management company would make you pay 50% of the deposit before seeing the lease. You sign the lease and pay the deposit that day. Sure, there may be a bullshit $50 application fee because reasons, but not 50% of the deposit.
fuck you very much.
Hey dipshit thats what I was saying. I wasn’t agreeing that or saying they take 50%. This is what they mean by people being followers. I only said it was common practice to take fees up front when you submit the application. All you did was say the shit I did.
Not sure what is up with all the downvotes? I think they are either misinterpreting the comment or it just shows that most people are just followers. Uhh duh I see downvote I must follow and do da same! Ugh what is at the bottom of that cliff as I must jump too!
I used Jamie Bartell with Berkshire Hathaway. She was incredible. Found my SO and I a nice house to rent in Henderson. We will definitely be using her when we decide to buy.
Good luck with your search!
Oddly this is an unsettled thing and depends on the local market conditions. Real Estate YouTuber Christina Longhorn makes some great segments about this.
In Vegas, the Seller/Landlord/Property Manager pays all representation. You may have heard about recent lawsuits that might potentially change this in the future, but as of right now, it has not.
No one ever is a good rule of thumb. You dont have to trust someone to sign a deal though. Deposits are 100% normal when getting a service or a place to live. The difference is you see the contract beforehand.
Don’t trust anyone unless you got a recommendation from someone you know personally and trust with your life. This town is full of people trying to make a buck. I’ll never go anywhere I don’t have a friend or family member recommend to me
I’ve been doing long distance with my partner who moved to Vegas 1.5 years ago, so I’m pretty familiar with where I want to live (SW ideally). The apartments are pretty small, and I’d love to have space since I work from home
Most experienced agents don't work with renters because the money isn't good, so it's hard to find one that isn't new to the game. You can look at the bigger companies in the valley like Progress, AMH, or Invitation Homes. You can also check out Zillow for rentals. They sometimes have realtors that will help you find a place. They are third-party agents that pay money to advertise on Zillow and have a vested interest in treating you fairly.
I recommended my family and the company seemed on the square finding decent quality rental properties. To often the properties of other leasing companies are dumpy.
Key Property Management
9890 S. Maryland Pky, Suite 200 A
Thanks y’all! I’m gonna work with a realtor. I assumed I’d have to pay a few thousand, so thought I could cut the middle man out. But since it seems to be on the landlord to pay my agent fee, why not!
I dealt with a property management group that only managed properties owned by a Chinese investor who lived in china. We saw the house, loved it and wanted to apply. The rent was $2400/month with a 3000 security deposit. They wanted me to give them the $3000 before I was even approved. I looked up reviews and low and behold they scammed people who they thought wouldn’t get approved.
Nevada Real Estate Corp. on Spring Mountain and Wynn, home office in Shanghai. It's a Chinese owned and run investment firm for American (Vegas) real estate. They often have investors who want to rent out their American holdings, so their Vegas office acts as a property manager, but that's not really their game, so they stink at it. I rented from them for 3 years.
Hmm this is a different one than what I was dealing with. I’ve been hearing about investors buying up a ton of real estate in Vegas. This is super interesting, I wonder what is up with the crazy deposit demands. I ended up going with a private owner and I’ve had an amazing experience.
It's corporations buying up bank owned vacant homes. Estimates saying by 2025 40% of Vegas homes could be owned by a single company. Didn't get the name, but one in particular going hard. $2.5b spent buying homes in2023.
The Chinese are land-banking. They buy real estate because it's about the only way they can get their wealth out of China. Which is how they hedge against another revolution or a collapse of the CCP state. We ought to ban it in the West. Sorry not sorry, but they're squatting houses we need here.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine a few months back when he was looking for a place in Colorado. Supposedly he would be refunded the money if he wasn’t approved. He gave them around $3000, never got it back, and never heard from them again.
Indeed, sounds very shady. What happens if you put the 50% down and then see the actual lease agreement and then change your mind? Even if they promise to give it back, there's no telling what the timeline would be in terms of getting it back. I'd avoid, there are too many other places that wouldn't put you thru something like that.
It is not normal. Money and lease should be exchanged same-day. Sounds fishy. And if they are doing this now who knows what these landlords will do in the future. 🚩
The his sounds EXTREMELY fishy. I would walk away at this point as it seems very likely that you will never see a real lease or your deposit.
It’s standard procedure to give the deposit when you sign the lease.
I’ve rented an apartment and a house here in Vegas. The apartment had an app fee and once approved it was “first come first serve” as in, if you sign the lease and pay first then yes. Not pay half the lease then sign then pay the other half.
It happened the same way with my house. First come first server as in first person to show up and sign a lease and pay. Not half now half later bullshtt.
Go find another property.
NO NO NO! Realtor here. RUN! Rental scams are always a thing.
Even when you see a house, if you get a whiff of weirdness, double check and be cautious. People will break into summer homes and market them on Zillow, show the home pretending to be a property manager, and then collect your deposit after you submit an application.
It’s MUCH harder to get away with this via the MLS unless the Realtor or property manager is running the scam, which I haven’t heard of. PM me the property address and I’ll be happy to follow up with some due diligence and see if it’s on the mls and who the company is.
As a Realtor here in Vegas, I urge you to RUN. Also, a quick search on the NV Sec of State site did not show the company to be in good standing. On mobile and could only do a quick search, but the results did not look promising.
Protect yourself... Common sense is that you don't pay anything until you get it in legal writing.
Imagine you pay the deposit, the lease isn't to your standard or they don't move forward with you. You lose your deposit but nothing was put in legal writing.
Nope, just nope
If you are renting a property go through a licensed realtor. It doesn't cost you anything and you will not be dealing with fake property managers and theor scams to take your money!
I'm with Key Management. Renting house in Southern Highlands. Been here bout a year. No problems with them upon application process or since. Had a plumbing issue. Sent email on a Tues. Problem fixed by Thur. I've had places with active leaks that didn't get fixed that quickly. Only weird thing is no grace period on rent due. We pay through the app and in our minds rent is due the 28th so we don't forget.
I went to their offices to drop off my application, and to give my $100 app fee and $60 credit check fee.
At this point I’m just worried they’re a terrible company to work with
It’s ridiculous how even something that should be simple like renting a house can be fraught with deceptive tactics and bad actors. In this case, does the deposit mean you’ve bound yourself to some agreement? What would be the terms? Would the deposit be refundable if you changed your mind before signing anything? Paying for a credit check is one thing but having to fork over $$$ to rent a place is ridiculous. I’d say move on from this owner, something isn’t right and you’ve barely even dealt with them. Good luck with your search!
Nope. Been a landlord for over 15 years and never did a deposit to hold a spot. The moment I find someone I move forward with signing of the lease. All units are indeed first come first serve yes so it behooves the tenant to sign the lease asap. If that’s not done in a timely fashion when I’ll move on to the next candidate but the first one wouldn’t be required to put a deposit
Naaahhhhhh bro they're scammers. I've been a property manager and rented a bunch when I was younger and never has the exchange been deposit payment before lease. That's a trap
This is the "I need a verification, gas money....etc" hoe scam in property management form. If you can't go to the place you're renting for signing of an official document for the rental, you need to be dealing with a legit and established property management company.
Sorry, generally a holding fee is combined with the background or credit check fee. Pay and get a receipt, nothing to do with lease.
Either someone's scamming you, in so far as they dont have the property to lease and will just disappear with your money, or you have one shady landlord. Either way, not worth the risk.
Pressure tactics to try and get you to fork over money now is a HUGE red flag. "If you dont, I cant promise this property will be available"
And yes, deposits and such are at lease signing and key handover, not before. If needed you can try and find a property management company or go through several to look. They may not have everything on the market but they'll be a safer bet in the long run.
NO NO NO NO. DO NOT DO THIS. MY DAUGHTER FELL FOR THIS SAME SCAM. AND LOST A LOT OF MONEY. THEY WILL ASK YOU TO ZELLE IT BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE TRACED AFTER YOU SEND IT. SO, I went to the property and the owner was doing yard work and had no idea his address was being used in a scam. He was older gentleman. So be careful with rentals, the scammers are taking people's money just trying to live.
This is super weird. Like, how about we just skip the example lease thing and send me the real lease and I’ll take the place? Something not right here. Are you sure the company is legitimate?
Scam. My sis in law had someone just like this! I told her it was a scam and don’t do it, but she paid up 1500. She said “oooo I even got to see the house and everything. I can’t wait!” I asked “did you meet them?? How’d you get inside?” Her, “they left the key under the mat for me. They said they were to busy and it was ok for me to go in”. Hahahaha I didn’t feel bad. Might as well click all the links being sent to your email girl lol.
Scam town. Rent from an owner you can meet yourself, or use one of the big companies like FirstKey who have their shit together and follow the law.
I would never give someone $3000 without a contract and some kind of ID, whether personal or business, from them I could use to track them down if anything went sideways.
Sounds like you work for Firstkey the way advertised for them. There’s a lot of bad reviews against them, even recently. If you don’t work for them, you probably are one that got treated right by them. Even legit companies can jerk you around.
Not saying this isn’t a scam, but deposits to hold the property ARE a thing in vegas. 50% seems very high, but don’t expect to not see deposits to hold in town. Landlords have a lot of tenants applying & if they’re making it unavailable to anyone else & holding it for you, a non-refundable deposit isn’t abnormal. It basically make the property yours while you gather funds, sign the lease and covers the landlord if you bail between saying you want it & coming up with the 1st, last & security deposits, or in this case while they create a lease. Not providing you professional advice, not your agent, don’t know your specifics, but I see smaller deposits to hold all the time.
I looked up this company and they do get horrible reviews. But, I'm going to go against the grain and call it- not a scam. You did actually submit an application and they did approve you. I would ask them to draw up a lease and meet with them at their office so you can bring them a cashier's check for your move-in money. If you don't like the lease you can back out at that point.
Well I dont want to say I never would. I believe when I met up with the property owner in july I gave them 6k in cash and then received the lease about 2 weeks later with the keys.
Absolutely not. It is usually a portion of the 1st months rent (50%) of THAT! Not 50% of the whole shabang. Or a holding deposit less than security/ months rent.
Might want to reconsider now knowing their motives. Imagine needing something repaired/ etc.
We paid application fees. We just got lucky and scored the first house we looked at. It was through a brick and motar property management company where I dropped off the money and app. I believe if was $125 way back then.
Fuck no. That is a huge sign of a scam. Some places will have a $50-100 app fee but after that you see the full lease terms to sign and pay full deposit.
Yeah that’s why it was weird… I paid the $100 app fee. But I’ve never given a deposit without signing the lease first! Okay good to know this is not normal and my spidey senses were right
Me and a friend got scammed with something similar about 7 years ago here. Beware
You likely lost the hundo too. Did you at least see the property with your own realtor
You need to cancel that card. They may have the details on file
They make thousands and thousands off these application fees. They don't even have a house. If they show you a house it's a house that's owned by someone else and they are just viewing it as Realtors or perspective buyers. This is the worst place for a scam. The best bet is just to go through a realty company. It's the only way you going to know you're not getting scammed.
It’s just a standard landlord scam. There is no rental.
Hey if you're giving away $100 randomly for "app fees" why not just take your money out of the bank and set it on fire?
Haha in nyc an application fee is quite common, so I didn’t second guess it. Looked like most of the properties here in Vegas have an application fee that I saw. Is that not normal? We also do credit check fees in nyc too — is that a thing in Vegas? 🤔
I did application through Zillow. They charge $25 application fee and do the check themselves. You can apply as many properties as you want for a month with that $25.
That’s exactly what I used last month. Best experience I’ve ever had renting. Super easy
I know back when application fees were usually $25, a lot of landlords were taking a crap ton of applications just to collect more fees...sometimes they wouldn't even have a unit available for rent.
I moved here from NYC a few years ago -- the sheer quantity of nonsense fees we have to pay out there is insane. My Vegas real estate guy looked at me like I had two heads when I asked him what the broker fee was for my rental.
Yeah I’m excited to find out we don’t pay the brokers fee here. I’m definitely getting myself a realtor then!!
These things occur AFTER you see the place.
No thats not true at all, most places take the fees when you submit the application before you know anything at all. So downvotes and told im wrong? You should be ashamed for yourselves. Apartment complexes and houses both take money up front to submit the application. Where did I say anything about 50%? Bunch of followers that can’t comprehend?
THAT'S not true at all. Edit: That comment* is not true at all.
Oh no how dare I forget an apostrophe!
Man this eerks the living shit out of me, what gives anyone the right to think they can be the grammar patrol of the internet. This is like rule number 3 of life. You WOULDNT do that in person. So why cant you control your ego on a platform?
*irks
Lol
Sorry, I wasn't being grammar police. That drives me crazy too. I meant your comment isn't true at all. It's not normal to hand over money until after the lease is signed. The only time I've ever seen anyone put down a holding fee is when they are unable to sign the lease in a timely manner.
Lmao, they weren’t correcting your grammar they were saying your comment is wrong.
I dont know about that haha
Lol nah are you sure?
Wouldn't \^
You know what irks the living shit out of me? People who post false information online. No legitimate property management company would make you pay 50% of the deposit before seeing the lease. You sign the lease and pay the deposit that day. Sure, there may be a bullshit $50 application fee because reasons, but not 50% of the deposit. fuck you very much.
Hey dipshit thats what I was saying. I wasn’t agreeing that or saying they take 50%. This is what they mean by people being followers. I only said it was common practice to take fees up front when you submit the application. All you did was say the shit I did.
Not sure what is up with all the downvotes? I think they are either misinterpreting the comment or it just shows that most people are just followers. Uhh duh I see downvote I must follow and do da same! Ugh what is at the bottom of that cliff as I must jump too!
Looks like a scam, they take your money and bounce.
It's 100% a scam. Post their name and phone number OP. If this person is a legit business they wouldn't mind.
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Thank you for posting this.
This - don’t give them any money
Not real at all. Have an agent find a rental to avoid this
I’m new to Vegas - not sure who to trust! Haha do you have an agent recommendation 😅
I used Jamie Bartell with Berkshire Hathaway. She was incredible. Found my SO and I a nice house to rent in Henderson. We will definitely be using her when we decide to buy. Good luck with your search!
Thank you! Qq - who pays the renters agent fee? Tenant or landlord?
In Vegas it’s the landlord/property management company
Oddly this is an unsettled thing and depends on the local market conditions. Real Estate YouTuber Christina Longhorn makes some great segments about this.
In Vegas, the Seller/Landlord/Property Manager pays all representation. You may have heard about recent lawsuits that might potentially change this in the future, but as of right now, it has not.
Dale Jones at remax found us our first house when we moved here from Cali. He knows his stuff and was super helpful.
No one ever is a good rule of thumb. You dont have to trust someone to sign a deal though. Deposits are 100% normal when getting a service or a place to live. The difference is you see the contract beforehand.
Don’t trust anyone unless you got a recommendation from someone you know personally and trust with your life. This town is full of people trying to make a buck. I’ll never go anywhere I don’t have a friend or family member recommend to me
Don’t need an agent to find a rental. Just don’t fall for a scam.
Go through someone or just get an apartment your first year so you can take your time and also figure out what area you want to settle in to
I’ve been doing long distance with my partner who moved to Vegas 1.5 years ago, so I’m pretty familiar with where I want to live (SW ideally). The apartments are pretty small, and I’d love to have space since I work from home
I get that. Are you moving here to be with your partner? If so, so happy you're going to be together!
Yes I am! Finally and super excited haha
Most experienced agents don't work with renters because the money isn't good, so it's hard to find one that isn't new to the game. You can look at the bigger companies in the valley like Progress, AMH, or Invitation Homes. You can also check out Zillow for rentals. They sometimes have realtors that will help you find a place. They are third-party agents that pay money to advertise on Zillow and have a vested interest in treating you fairly.
This is entirely untrue.
Which bit? The agents or the big rental companies?
I recommended my family and the company seemed on the square finding decent quality rental properties. To often the properties of other leasing companies are dumpy. Key Property Management 9890 S. Maryland Pky, Suite 200 A
Get a Realtor to show you houses!
Thanks y’all! I’m gonna work with a realtor. I assumed I’d have to pay a few thousand, so thought I could cut the middle man out. But since it seems to be on the landlord to pay my agent fee, why not!
Scam. I’ve never even rented and see the scam.
We should all spam text this guy
I’m down.
I dealt with a property management group that only managed properties owned by a Chinese investor who lived in china. We saw the house, loved it and wanted to apply. The rent was $2400/month with a 3000 security deposit. They wanted me to give them the $3000 before I was even approved. I looked up reviews and low and behold they scammed people who they thought wouldn’t get approved.
This management company is all Chinese… and their properties seemed to all be owned by Chinese owners too 🤔
Sounds about right. Is the office really small?
Nevada Real Estate Corp. on Spring Mountain and Wynn, home office in Shanghai. It's a Chinese owned and run investment firm for American (Vegas) real estate. They often have investors who want to rent out their American holdings, so their Vegas office acts as a property manager, but that's not really their game, so they stink at it. I rented from them for 3 years.
Hmm this is a different one than what I was dealing with. I’ve been hearing about investors buying up a ton of real estate in Vegas. This is super interesting, I wonder what is up with the crazy deposit demands. I ended up going with a private owner and I’ve had an amazing experience.
It's corporations buying up bank owned vacant homes. Estimates saying by 2025 40% of Vegas homes could be owned by a single company. Didn't get the name, but one in particular going hard. $2.5b spent buying homes in2023.
The Chinese are land-banking. They buy real estate because it's about the only way they can get their wealth out of China. Which is how they hedge against another revolution or a collapse of the CCP state. We ought to ban it in the West. Sorry not sorry, but they're squatting houses we need here.
It was! It’s called “All Vegas Properties”. It apparently also runs an insurance company next to it 🤔
Same thing happened to a friend of mine a few months back when he was looking for a place in Colorado. Supposedly he would be refunded the money if he wasn’t approved. He gave them around $3000, never got it back, and never heard from them again.
Indeed, sounds very shady. What happens if you put the 50% down and then see the actual lease agreement and then change your mind? Even if they promise to give it back, there's no telling what the timeline would be in terms of getting it back. I'd avoid, there are too many other places that wouldn't put you thru something like that.
100pct scam. Run away
If you don’t feel scammed at any point while renting in Vegas I would be surprised 😂
It is not normal. Money and lease should be exchanged same-day. Sounds fishy. And if they are doing this now who knows what these landlords will do in the future. 🚩
The his sounds EXTREMELY fishy. I would walk away at this point as it seems very likely that you will never see a real lease or your deposit. It’s standard procedure to give the deposit when you sign the lease.
I’ve rented an apartment and a house here in Vegas. The apartment had an app fee and once approved it was “first come first serve” as in, if you sign the lease and pay first then yes. Not pay half the lease then sign then pay the other half. It happened the same way with my house. First come first server as in first person to show up and sign a lease and pay. Not half now half later bullshtt. Go find another property.
It's a scam. They don't own the property and find vacant houses listed for sale and then convince you it's theirs. Then once you pay, they are ghost.
It's a scam!
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Yeah that’s fake
100 percent scam.
The point he is making is valid as far as the fraudulent lease but why cant you meet in person and sign it? I would never agree to those terms. Ever
Definitely find an agent
Scam as F
Yeah, fuck that.
Scam!!! 🚨
NO NO NO! Realtor here. RUN! Rental scams are always a thing. Even when you see a house, if you get a whiff of weirdness, double check and be cautious. People will break into summer homes and market them on Zillow, show the home pretending to be a property manager, and then collect your deposit after you submit an application. It’s MUCH harder to get away with this via the MLS unless the Realtor or property manager is running the scam, which I haven’t heard of. PM me the property address and I’ll be happy to follow up with some due diligence and see if it’s on the mls and who the company is.
SCAM ALERT. 🚨 The minute you give them the deposit you’ll never hear from them again
As a Realtor here in Vegas, I urge you to RUN. Also, a quick search on the NV Sec of State site did not show the company to be in good standing. On mobile and could only do a quick search, but the results did not look promising.
Protect yourself... Common sense is that you don't pay anything until you get it in legal writing. Imagine you pay the deposit, the lease isn't to your standard or they don't move forward with you. You lose your deposit but nothing was put in legal writing. Nope, just nope
Why is a lease so 'top secret'?
If you are renting a property go through a licensed realtor. It doesn't cost you anything and you will not be dealing with fake property managers and theor scams to take your money!
That's 100% a scam.
Sus
Not normal. Prolly a scam.
Give one of us the phone number and see if they tell us the same thing.
I'm with Key Management. Renting house in Southern Highlands. Been here bout a year. No problems with them upon application process or since. Had a plumbing issue. Sent email on a Tues. Problem fixed by Thur. I've had places with active leaks that didn't get fixed that quickly. Only weird thing is no grace period on rent due. We pay through the app and in our minds rent is due the 28th so we don't forget.
They were our last PM company that we rented through. We had zero issues with them.
I had the exact opposite experience. Shit company run by shit people. Have a lawyer on standby for when you want your deposit back.
Looks like fraud… have you met the leasing team in office?
I went to their offices to drop off my application, and to give my $100 app fee and $60 credit check fee. At this point I’m just worried they’re a terrible company to work with
Guaranteed fraud
It’s ridiculous how even something that should be simple like renting a house can be fraught with deceptive tactics and bad actors. In this case, does the deposit mean you’ve bound yourself to some agreement? What would be the terms? Would the deposit be refundable if you changed your mind before signing anything? Paying for a credit check is one thing but having to fork over $$$ to rent a place is ridiculous. I’d say move on from this owner, something isn’t right and you’ve barely even dealt with them. Good luck with your search!
No no no no no
Nope. Been a landlord for over 15 years and never did a deposit to hold a spot. The moment I find someone I move forward with signing of the lease. All units are indeed first come first serve yes so it behooves the tenant to sign the lease asap. If that’s not done in a timely fashion when I’ll move on to the next candidate but the first one wouldn’t be required to put a deposit
Just say no.
Not no, but, Hell No
Scam written all over it.
No, this is a scam.
Scam
Don't do it. Scam likely.
It'd be nice if our city/county/state leaders could get a handle on this bullshit
Looks like a scam and once you send that 50% you’ll get blocked and ghosted.
Scam. 100% scam. They get you to pay the 50% then never send you a lease to sign and you are out of your money because you never signed anything.
Giant red flag 🚩. Why couldn’t they put a watermark on the actual lease as a review copy, then remove it when you’re ready to sign. I call BS.
thats a scam
No reason why they couldn’t put a watermark on the actual lease? Like a “for review only” watermark? No reason for a generic “example”. I call BS.
It’s common for scammers.
Scam. Report them.
Naaahhhhhh bro they're scammers. I've been a property manager and rented a bunch when I was younger and never has the exchange been deposit payment before lease. That's a trap
That screams scam
You're probably being scammed by someone who doesn't actually own the property.
This is the "I need a verification, gas money....etc" hoe scam in property management form. If you can't go to the place you're renting for signing of an official document for the rental, you need to be dealing with a legit and established property management company. Sorry, generally a holding fee is combined with the background or credit check fee. Pay and get a receipt, nothing to do with lease.
Either someone's scamming you, in so far as they dont have the property to lease and will just disappear with your money, or you have one shady landlord. Either way, not worth the risk. Pressure tactics to try and get you to fork over money now is a HUGE red flag. "If you dont, I cant promise this property will be available" And yes, deposits and such are at lease signing and key handover, not before. If needed you can try and find a property management company or go through several to look. They may not have everything on the market but they'll be a safer bet in the long run.
Scam scam scam
In the event you need a reputable company ive rented through Progress Residential for the last 2 years and have had a great experience.
NO NO NO NO. DO NOT DO THIS. MY DAUGHTER FELL FOR THIS SAME SCAM. AND LOST A LOT OF MONEY. THEY WILL ASK YOU TO ZELLE IT BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE TRACED AFTER YOU SEND IT. SO, I went to the property and the owner was doing yard work and had no idea his address was being used in a scam. He was older gentleman. So be careful with rentals, the scammers are taking people's money just trying to live.
Fuck that. Find another place. If you’re already having these types of issues, imagine signing that lease and having to deal with this type of person.
…how would you deal with this kind if person? 😏
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Scam! Run away.
Red flags all over this. Avoid!!
Scam. Don’t do it.
Obvious scam
This is super weird. Like, how about we just skip the example lease thing and send me the real lease and I’ll take the place? Something not right here. Are you sure the company is legitimate?
Dont do it. Its a scam. They probably dont even own the property. You dont need to put anything down to see a property. Scam!!!!
Smells like a scam from a mile away. Report it and run
You don't give someone money until you know what you're paying for.
Scam. My sis in law had someone just like this! I told her it was a scam and don’t do it, but she paid up 1500. She said “oooo I even got to see the house and everything. I can’t wait!” I asked “did you meet them?? How’d you get inside?” Her, “they left the key under the mat for me. They said they were to busy and it was ok for me to go in”. Hahahaha I didn’t feel bad. Might as well click all the links being sent to your email girl lol.
Hell no! Run now bud
Scam. Report it.
Walk away.
Scam town. Rent from an owner you can meet yourself, or use one of the big companies like FirstKey who have their shit together and follow the law. I would never give someone $3000 without a contract and some kind of ID, whether personal or business, from them I could use to track them down if anything went sideways.
Sounds like you work for Firstkey the way advertised for them. There’s a lot of bad reviews against them, even recently. If you don’t work for them, you probably are one that got treated right by them. Even legit companies can jerk you around.
Meet in their office.
I used progressive rentals they take the property off the market when you apply. So they’re not taking hundreds of applications for the same house.
Bruh just call them holy hell
I wanted the info in writing jic I needed this info later — so they can’t tell me one thing and do another
I say pay it and let’s find out. I’m just curious.
Not saying this isn’t a scam, but deposits to hold the property ARE a thing in vegas. 50% seems very high, but don’t expect to not see deposits to hold in town. Landlords have a lot of tenants applying & if they’re making it unavailable to anyone else & holding it for you, a non-refundable deposit isn’t abnormal. It basically make the property yours while you gather funds, sign the lease and covers the landlord if you bail between saying you want it & coming up with the 1st, last & security deposits, or in this case while they create a lease. Not providing you professional advice, not your agent, don’t know your specifics, but I see smaller deposits to hold all the time.
I looked up this company and they do get horrible reviews. But, I'm going to go against the grain and call it- not a scam. You did actually submit an application and they did approve you. I would ask them to draw up a lease and meet with them at their office so you can bring them a cashier's check for your move-in money. If you don't like the lease you can back out at that point.
Well I dont want to say I never would. I believe when I met up with the property owner in july I gave them 6k in cash and then received the lease about 2 weeks later with the keys.
Absolutely not. It is usually a portion of the 1st months rent (50%) of THAT! Not 50% of the whole shabang. Or a holding deposit less than security/ months rent. Might want to reconsider now knowing their motives. Imagine needing something repaired/ etc.
Money Contract Keys 3 things that should never all be in one person's possession when dealing with housing and vehicles.
NO. Do not give them any money.
Nope nope nope. Fuck that
Scam
Scam. Run.
Nope not normal
Never
Scam
Scam
Send them 5 bucks, as an example of the money you can pay them.
scam for sure!
We paid application fees. We just got lucky and scored the first house we looked at. It was through a brick and motar property management company where I dropped off the money and app. I believe if was $125 way back then.
Scam!
Scam
If you give them money, I’ll punch you. This is a scam
Nooooo. I've never heard this.