h*******g
发帖数: 41 | 1 Hi all,
I feel this is a fraud, although it's only $25. But I feel really upset, coz
I don't know what should I do next?
I'm sharing a 2br apartment with A3 right now. However A3 couple is REALLY
REALLY dirty. They make our kitchen sink like a bathroom bowl. Their left
over food looks like shit in the sink and they never clean it. I plan to
move to a 1br aprtment. Becoz they made me afraid of roommate.
This is my first time to deal with house rental agency. Coz I only have
experience with landlord directly. I found all the 1br apartment is rented
by agency. So I get ripped off for $25. Pls be patient about my story. Thank
you.
I found a nice and reasonable 1 br. The landlord(an old lady) hosts a "small
agency". Why I call it small agency? Because she only rent her own huge
house. She seperate the house into several individual entrance 1br or studio
. And use one of them as an office. The house rent is all her earnings. She
showed me the house and tell me lots of "good points" for this apartment.
Such as quiet, clean, safe,etz. Then I decide to rent it. However she told
me I need to "apply", just like how I apply for the job!! And the $25
application fee is nonrefundable. Then I asked if I pay for it, does that
mean you will consider me first? Then she told me I receive almost 10
applications today. I will consider all of you, and then decide which one I
want. Only when you pay this $25, you will be considered. I never know
application fee and deal with agency before. So I thought all of the agency
is like this, so I paid for that. However, just after 2days, she call me and
told me I'm not selected.
Then I start to rethink about this. If all of the agency rent the apartment
like this, does that mean I have to pay $250 for 10? If I'm not selected by
all of them, does that mean I pay $250 for nothing even though a shit? If
the agency keep telling everybody you are not selected, does that mean they
can easily get $250 for showing your own house 10 times?
I'm afraid of looking for another apartment now. I found some other good one
but also need application fee. I'm not dare to apply. But I couldn't leave
until tomorrow with A3. Who can help me? What should I do next time when I
meet this situation?
I will appreciate for your help | c********d
发帖数: 11593 | 2 这个倒不能算诈骗，只是房东们的常用手段。一般来说，房东要选房客，最起码是要做
个背景调查的，以免收了一个无赖房客进来搞得自己麻烦。$25基本上就是这个费用。
有些房东自己会把这钱出了，只求找到一个可靠的房客；也有些房东会要求房客来出这
个钱，其目的倒不是说自己出不起，而往往是以此来筛选房客。因为一般来说，信用记
录有问题的人都知道自己不太可能通过背景调查，如果你不收这个钱，他们会来怀着侥
幸心理试一试，反正对他自己没损失；但是如果你收钱，他们自己会知难而退，免得房
东麻烦。
当然了，申请了之后却没有房子这一点确实让人恼火。我是建议尽可能不要找这种小房
东啦，一般你找个正经点的apartment，rental office也会收你的申请费的；但是那种
apt一般来说，只要你信用没问题，都不至于有这种情况出现。
coz
Thank
【在 h*******g 的大作中提到】
: Hi all,
: I feel this is a fraud, although it's only $25. But I feel really upset, coz
: I don't know what should I do next?
: I'm sharing a 2br apartment with A3 right now. However A3 couple is REALLY
: REALLY dirty. They make our kitchen sink like a bathroom bowl. Their left
: over food looks like shit in the sink and they never clean it. I plan to
: move to a 1br aprtment. Becoz they made me afraid of roommate.
: This is my first time to deal with house rental agency. Coz I only have
: experience with landlord directly. I found all the 1br apartment is rented
: by agency. So I get ripped off for $25. Pls be patient about my story. Thank
| h*******g
发帖数: 41 | 3 谢谢你啦，今天又去看了几个房，是那种挺大的中介的，因为有了上次的教训，于是我
就问那个申请费交了是不是就会先考虑，结果得到的答案还是一样的，说什么如果show
一次房有10个人交了申请和申请费的话，就会一起调查，然后选出最好的。搞得我真的
很害怕，不敢再交钱了。可是似乎这种1br的房都是要交申请费的中介房，好像还没有
房东自己家的房自己租的呢，有也是委托中介在租。真的害怕钱交了进去，但是却什么
都没得到啊。毕竟我觉得我只是个学校的小RA，如果跟人比收入啊，身份啊，什么的都
不行，信用记录也只有两年而已。我已经被家里的阿三搞的不想多呆一分钟。 | h*******g
发帖数: 41 | 4 我觉得这些中介的房往往一帖就是一个多月，好像根本不care房子租不出去。因为反正
申请费也是白赚的。慢慢找房客就是了。 |
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