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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
So ended up finding someone to rent our suite to through a referral from a neighbor. Always prefer referrals etc. and I think it will work out great
As per Donk’s request I don’t really have many crazy questions or inquiries, however, after having the same tenant for the past 5 years and her being a referral, we hadn’t had to go public with a listing since.
Couple things I noticed as trends:
- the amount of people looking at this 1BR as a couple with a child is crazy, I simply responded to these requests saying flat out, this is not suitable for a couple and a child, of any age.
-I’d say at least 1/3 were saying that grants and or some sort of allowance would be their income used to pay rent. One guy even offered to send me a photo of a chequing account with an “inheritance” that would be used to pay rent.
-as I mentioned before, international students who think a 1BR is suitable for multiple young men.. gross..
-and finally, the amount of people who simply use the “is this available” or “when can I see it” are crazy, probably 35-40% of people with those messages. Of course your message is instantly deleted. Some people write really heart felt messages, that seem legitimately well intentioned, and some people are brutally honest in their write ups.
Feel sorry for people out there trying to find somthing
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I recently had experience renting out my parent's apartment in Vancouver. What Honda says here is 100% accurate. I had the ad up for about a week and had well over 100 messages. Half of them were "is this available, when can I view?". In my ad, I explicitly stated to not do that and tell me a little about yourself.
Some of highlights included someone offering up 6 months rent to secure the place. This is wild to me and was a pretty big red flag. While his employment did show that he could pay, the idea of paying 6 months up front and having a potential squatter on your hands did not bod well with me.
I also had someone try to grease me when I told them that they weren't getting the unit. I feel like this might be a lost art where people don't know that if you're trying to grease someone, you need to do it before you get denied, not after.
Had the opposite experience where someone wanting to have like 4 female students stay in a 1BR 1BD. Now I get that RS will have deranged fantasies about this but this honestly sounds like a nightmare.