how can i trust a landlord? is it safe to sign contracts online? are all landlords on here safe?
If you sign a contract via openrent they collect 1st months rent and security deposit and only paid to LL up to 10 days after move in, to stop rogue LLs taking £ then not handing over the keys.
But you should still do your own due diligence
For advice on scams see
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Wonder if they have a " Tenant Scams and Fraud "
They don’t call it that but have this
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They share some ‘red flags’. Of course there are many more ‘scams’ once people move in, ranging from tenants who sublet, or tenants who move a partner, pet or child in without permission to ‘rent to rent’ deals by companies or LAs who don’t do maintenance and return properties to the LL trashed. If a council knows a tenant is in arrears but won’t find a place for them till bailliffs are called, despite the Homelessness Code, costing LLs time and £ to evict, just so council can delay having to deal with the tenant, is that a scam? Etc
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yes I get it But notice the “Landlord Scams and Fraud” no such heading for tenants . Bias (scared of a backlash?) even from as association that I am a part of