Frame schemes of the agency for renting an apartment. The most common ways of housing fraud

Fraud for renting an apartment - for someone high-order business, but for an ordinary client, this is a very dangerous event, since the risks of losing up to three amounts of rent from the object. In any large Russian city, it is customary to pay for the first and last month for rent, plus agency fees. For Moscow and the Moscow region, the price is translated, so it's easy to contact ads that wipe on every corner is extremely dangerous.

People try to use proven agencies, to negotiate through the familiar rental area. But there are extremely, at first glance, stable options that leak into fraud when renting an apartment for rent at low prices. Such a trick often passes with visitors. But everything is in order: we will analyze the situations working to this day at the gullible tenant.

Personal data and distribution

Customers are now trying to select options through the network, leaving their contact details on proven resources. This is most often fledging. And they do this: the "hot" client base is removed on which SMS mailing or similar spam via email.

People, seeing that there is a reaction to their requests, trust this information and agree on tempting proposals. Most often, through such fraudulent actions, a prepayment is obtained or simply a few thousand for services, after which no contacts remain. And the valiant police such problems postpones in a long box.

False agencies

They are often found at stops and in other places of clustering people ads with almost free square meters. By calling the number indicated in the brochure, the client instantly acquires interest in the described area, because they promise the area convenient for the holiday service, a favorable price, and the apartment / room is about to surrender.

Interested parties throw all grandfather, hurry to the office of such agency (and the last most often arrange in the center, under the guise of the long-term existing office with a blurred name). A person comes to such an office, receives an impressive portion of "noodles on the ears" and by agreement on the phone concludes an empty contract.

From the client take not much (no more than 10-12 thousand), they give even a check and paper to sign in place. After that, he is sent to the object, next to which the exit agent will expect. And, of course, no one for the meeting is, since they prescribe such an event a few days after the transfer of money. The deceived puller first calls the left-left city number, where another person is already sitting and trying to explain, they say, with whom you could enter into an agreement, if this should make a third party.

What's next? Naturally, we go to the office where there is no pleasant secretary, and in her place a bullet-proof guard with a stone face and excuses. The police are still different, because the paper is that in their hands of a deceived person, they do not have legal force, and return the small amount (for the big city) is no longer possible.

Scammers rent apartments from which only myth - This is one of the most unprincipled, because people do not even show objects, but they simply lie. There are mass such companies, and all this functions on the same scheme. It is important not to come across the fishing rod, because in a similar case about honest words no one will ever say.

What is important to understand, feeling cheating

It is best for myself to understand that renting an apartment, housing for a long term is the responsible procedure, where the third party is necessarily involved. Usually a company representative or IP. Let these people receive the impressive fees, but also work on wear. Because the rental of the apartment is officially arranged as follows: the owner is applied to the agency where a specific employee is fixed. Further, he (this very employee) for a part of the remuneration is looking for a client with money. How to quickly find a suitable tenant? Of course, through an intermediary.

So it turns out that part of the agency 100, and sometimes in 120% there are not one agent, but on the two sides - representatives of the client and the customer. What is interesting, such information can be obtained on a good website cyan

This is not the only resource where you can make a temporary housing without any problems. After all, even there are those who manage to sick with residential square meters.

Dubious or illegal sublease

Already scams with rental apartments, and not fraud can be met by everyone and on proven resources. And for this use simple, understandable schemes. Any agent sees it at a price, remuneration or on the psychological mood of the owner.

Most often people come across attorney from the owner. Such citizens have no right to sell an apartment, but they can rent out, setting their prices. And often the greed of such "hosts" leads to the fact that there are several voters in apartments at the same time. It is possible to understand that this is possible only when the price is below the market by 10%. For example, this option: Apartment for rent in Krasnogorsk, within walking distance from the power station or school, but it is not familiar with 25-30 thousand, and five thousand cheaper.

Enough dubious options Frauds are also noticeable and not an armed eye. This is what such objects from the mass of similar proposals will usually allocate:

1. Low price.
2. Agencies do not participate in the transaction.
3. The owner personally does not show the area.
4. Simple area more than 1-2 months.
5. The offer is too tempting.

What happens when you are cheating

When things are already transported, and there is no doubt that everything is legally, suddenly the following may happen:

1. The owner or trustee is disturbing calls.
2. Suddenly there are hidden debts for utility payments.
3. Furniture, household appliances and other in the apartment at the time of settlement disappear.
4. Change cell lock.
5. Moral pressure from the neighbors.
6. Dubious relatives having a residence per square.

And the list can be continued, but the promise is clear. When an unscrupulous landlord appears a reason to expel you, usually go on various kinds of tricks. How to protect yourself? Naturally, concluding a contract (preferably for 11 months), which will be confirmed by a third party.

Methods of deception

Modern humane methods of deception

Also renting apartments, fraud on which is practicing with the consequences, can be detected even with official design. Often come low exactly.

Host and agent in collusion

It is important here to understand the fact that even the availability of paper and registered agreements will not stop the screws. After all, they performed the initial stage - they have passed the apartment officially. They gave out the paper where it would be written that you may be asked if noise, damage or the use of residential area is not intended. Zhulikov needs to be done so that you move away a few days after the settlement, and the Agency was divided into the owner and his companion. Yes, money for the last month can return, but 2/3 of the amount will leave forever.

And how to drive you, if everything is in order? This requires a fantasy with a kinning with meanness: raging, bribed homeless, artificial accidents indoors, damage to furniture at the moment of lack of and more. Even local authorities can be connected, which are like to hide behind the mountain owners. Of course, it's not so easy to deal with this.

Rental housing without the participation of the whole family

By law, it is impossible to just hand over the apartment if several owners. However, not rare cases of family decays, when the total living area is already a tool for property delegate. It turns out often so that one owner arranges the rental of a shared apartment to improve its own financial situation. What does not know the spouse / spouse.

Housing rentals, of course, are not to blame for anything, but often find themselves in the center of family disassembly. It turns around for an extraneous increase in the cost of renting, the arrival of the police and different nerves. Although if there is a communicative skill, then in this situation the price can be knocked down.

Not money, but work

Very often, the owners and cosmetic repair, persuading not paying for housing, but to work out. And the result is most often not satisfied with the side of the owners. And how then to evaluate the done? If you are not a professional painter, then we do not recommend any problematic impetus to the knowingly problem.

It may be that a contract for a year has been signed, a procurement of a normal material is made. People drive almost no money, paying utility and daily enveloping conscience. The hosts are encouraged by such a zeal, suggest and often help in important moments for the dwellings. And as soon as the accommodation acquires a good interior, then the contract is terminated in this minute, with people in a rough form they say goodbye, and the area gives up as a wonderful apartment only after repair. So it turns out that it seems to be beneficial to all, but it is dangerous in terms of a grazed act from the owner.

Caution! Unfair realtors

In order not to be in the skins of the victim, you need ...

Study documents. Yes, there are situations when not everything does not work, because the structure of the business itself is not arranged in favor of who pays. Host - Barin. But to learn all the available documents is a direct responsibility of a well-order housing reservoir. The most important document is a certificate of ownership. Then already regards and utility payments.

In a difficult situation, when there is always on purpose, to survive from their apartment is normal in every sense of the family, not so and just keep defense. Here is again important the presence of third parties as witnesses. But it should be not interested citizens, and find such in a short time difficult, at the present nervous time.

Change locks. The standard terms of the rental contracts confirm the fact that the owners are not in the right to check the housing without the knowledge of the reverse side. And it is allowed to visit your property in this case no more than once a month. It is important.

Study everything in the apartment as with revision. Yes, a normal contract involves painting even the state of plumbing. You can reinforce this by photos, so that it is not for what to find fault.

Get acquainted with each neighbor. It is important to know who will be next to you 24 hours a day. If there are doubts about sane or adequacy, then immediately need to be alerted. Yes, and in the opposite direction it works: if a neighbor (owner) is clearly not negotiating something, then a kind grandmother, which it all is tired, will definitely hint and nothing in return will not ask.

Include intuition. There is no complete protection against fraud. Is that for representatives of power structures there are exceptions, but these personalities are rarely engaged in private rental.

Real cases of modern metropolis

Consider frequent and sufficiently primitive methods for which the majority should immediately work out.

1. Practically in the center of the city is a one-room apartment after repair. Moreover, the announcement says that the Slavic appearance (family) lived earlier. But when watching the apartment we see that where decent people see purity, circle dust and dirt. And with the words of the owner, the young risal a couple of days ago. Something is wrong. Plus, if in such a situation just talk to a person about his work, hobbies, try to somehow withdraw to the conversation, then something repelled in the dialogue will immediately appear. As if such meetings in his day, not one dozen, and indeed the owner is not interested in good guests. Similarly, we exclude right away, because you will not live.
2. Rent for a good acquaintance from colleagues at work. It would seem that here is criminal? But in such square meters, it is also better not to see. Either the comrades will further be conflict relationships, or a lot of problems with those familiar.
3. Verified agency. The best is always on the hearing, but even there are our troubles. The ability to negotiate is a security deposit not only for a realtor or agent. The client himself, feeling that the apartment "stagnant" (not surrendering for a long time, but the option is good), maybe and ask a smaller percentage of the transaction, because few people are interested in the object. On slang agents, this is called "to move on the percentage." And this phrase can work, but here everything is in situations.
4. Luxury objects. The crisis is given very weak. It is generally easier to negotiate without third parties. Most often, the owners of gorgeous houses or apartments are quite secured people, but very legible. However, who decide to give contacts from the agency? That's the whole salt.

And what for securities

Not everyone knows that owners of housing from the mandatory list of documents should be provided. And the list is the following:

1. All originals confirming the ownership.
2. Passport on the apartment (its original).
3. Passport of the owner (original).
4. If a trustee is involved in the process, you will definitely need a power of attorney for the right to implement someone else's will. And the paper is needed from each of the owners (if any, for example, two).
5. The last payment receipt for all types of utilities.

In addition, if the transaction is officially, it is advisable to transfer the money officially. For this, a fairly simple receipt. This order is better to arrange immediately and for every month.

RESULTS

Proper apartment rental: how not to get to scammers, is built on a scrupulous study of the local real estate market. It is important for familiarization with the process, and so try to navigate the average price.

Reliable rental without intermediaries is extremely rare. Usually good familiar or relatives participate in it. Rent accommodation in a large city is not difficult, especially during the times of general computerization. It is more difficult with the human factor and sometimes even upbringing (whims) those who try to make money on their families. Scammers - this contingent is quite cowardly, and personal meetings with similar individuals are usually very nervous, stretched.

Remember that scammers strive to take their own as soon as possible and go on, so in a dubious situation, it is better to pull the rubber sometimes.

Real estate agents are not in vain are considered fraudsters who fool people. Too many people, instead of receiving professional help from them for rent housing, suffered from them and lost money. Fantasy agents sometimes surprises. They come up with new schemes, how to deceive a gullible person and sell to him. What? And the money is received, and it is not particularly necessary to strain.

Flat for rent! Inexpensive! Everything is honest!

On real estate sites, an advertisement for lease of comfortable housing with a complete complete set of furniture, in a good area and, most importantly, at a very attractive price, which is lower than the market. In order not to move the potential client, it is indicated that the announcement from the owner. Only after the call at the specified number, it turns out that this is agency that assures that yes, the offer is real and the price is really such. Careful tenant decides to go to the agency and find out all the terms of the transaction. And in vain. It will be very careful. So, he does not realize this until he lost money.

Two of my good acquaintances lost money. Although both did not consider cooperation with real estate agencies, even with payment on the fact that already talk about prepayment! Nevertheless, they divorced them only.

Dimmer scheme is the following. A phoned person reported that his apartment interested is really there, it also corresponds to the specified in the ad and organizes a meeting with the owner of the housing and inspection of the apartment. But it is necessary to drive up to the office to clarify all the nuances and the conclusion of the contract. Naturally, speech about prepayment is not conducted. The agent is silent this moment and persistently invites you to drive up to him.

After who wants to remove the accommodation comes to the agency, his employee under the pretext "clarify that the apartment is exactly free," and also "you probably have questions about the apartment. Now they will find them out and find out the owner, "calls the landlord. It all folds just perfect: the apartment is still free, the price is the same as in the ad, and the owner of the property is ready to meet and inspected the apartment. Inspired by the tenant, which will soon be in a good and inexpensive apartment, does not notice how a contract is sent to him, according to which he needs to make a prepayment.

No, but why doubt? The apartment exists, and not the next picture for the desire, the price is valid, with the owner has already agreed to meet. Moreover, the prepaid amount is much lower than the one that the agencies operate in fact require. After the conclusion of the contract and payment, the tenant receives the cherished telephone number of the apartment owner.

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Housing rental quest

And then the circus begins. With the owner of the housing, it was agreed to further phoned for an hour or two or three to the meeting to confirm it for sure. That's just no matter how many people would try to call, it does not manage to him. The subscriber is either outside the access zone, or busy, or stupidly does not take the phone. The meeting time has passed. Tenant on nerves. He tries to reach and later, then the next day, and the next day. Some at this stage already understand that they were divorced and scored on everything. Others, in the righteous anger go to the agency to find out what was the matter and blame for deception. But it does not work. With a stormy story that the owner of the apartment does not take the phone, you did not remove housing and in general all the deception, the agent will only boast's eyebrows in surprise, says that this is all misunderstanding and cannot be. They have been cooperating with this man for a long time, handed over his apartment six months ago and everything was fine. Demonstrates, he dials the number of the apartment owner and Voila! Delivered without problems.

It turns out that you didn't call it badly that you could not get through to him, well, and he did not call you back, as I forgot or there was no money on the phone. It happens to everyone! And in general, he was waiting for you at that meeting, because you agreed! Why not come? So the tenant from the prosecutor turns into the accused. According to his own laziness, or even some stupid reason did not get through the apartment, came here, rided the scandal to the agent, distract him from work, some stupid charges presented.

The pretty tenant is already objected to such a pressure of accusations. Anyway! It happens to everyone. A new meeting is appointed. It seems to be all right. But again in a responsible moment with the owner of the housing not phoned. A person can decide immediately to go to the meeting at the specified address right away, because it seemed to be agreed, the more he was accused of being accused that he did not come to inspect. That's just the door of the apartment, he does not open ...

Riding and scandaling to the agent is meaningless. He only accuse you that you have not even tried to get through, and now there are some meaningless charges. He personally, with you without any problems, dossed and discussed everything! He is ready for the third time, so be, to once again gain a housing owner to prove to you that you are wrong. That's just now the tenant expects the sad news - the housing is handed over to a more frustrated person. Well, you yourself missed your happiness ... that is, a good apartment at a barn price. They were not persistent when calling or, according to the agent, they did not call them, changed their mind, and now you want to just return the money. So from a deceived person turns into a deceiver.

Silver or thoughtful deception?

In fact, the apartment does not give up, and the agent talked at all with her owner, but with another employee of the agency or a stacked person. One of the victims of my friends, the guy is a brisk and persistent, I decided to achieve the truth after all. Several times he traveled at the address suggested by him. And he managed to catch the true owner of the housing - a young guy who often been on business trips. That's why, giving his address, the agents were practically sure that the tenant would not be able to catch the owner of the apartment.

No, the guy did not pass his real estate, and did not even think about it. The number of the owner of the apartment, naturally, also did not coincide with it. Yes, and the apartment was two-room instead of one-room and with completely different repairs than in the photo. Later, breaking through the photo of an apartment in the Internet on which he was led, my friend found out that she was in another city at all. And the photo it appears in the ad for the sale of real estate, and not lease.

The tenant is simply durried, offering it a beautiful and cheap apartment, the "owner" of which is ready to meet with you without any problems. In fact, the apartment and may not give up at all, well, and the "owner" sharply becomes the owner of the property only for a conversation with him. Then only remains to agree on a meeting with the tenant, ignore it, and then declare that it is his fault that he did not get through. Well, the apartment has already gone to another, what can you do ... myself is to blame.

Why the scheme of deception is effective

Why are people so under this scheme of deception? Here 3 psychological factor is triggered:

1. The reality of what is happening. After all, right at the future tenant, the agent discusses the inspection of the apartment, clarifies all questions about it, which arose from the client is confirmed by the price. A person sees that the apartment really exists, since it was phoned with it with her owner, and the price is real, and not a simple crash. All this in the aggregate causes his confidence.
2. Nice apartment and low price. When it turned out that the apartment was not a fake and the price specified in the ad corresponds true, then I would not want to lose such a favorable offer.
3. The call to the "owner" of the apartment is required not only to call trust for the client. It is also a pressure lever on it. After all, the agent immediately negotiates the meeting. Everything happens so quickly and persistently that the client does not even have time to think about anything. All he can say - "Yes, I agree to the meeting." Most inconveniently already abandon their words, especially since already two people are involved - the agent and the owner of the apartment. But even if he immediately change his mind, then the agent will try to convince him with all their forces, and even at that price rarely appear, so it is worth hurry, especially since everything is more common with the owner of housing.

All these factors have such a powerful impact that a person is ready to sign a contract, make an advance payment and run to a meeting with the owner of the "Apartment of his dreams". Even those people who dislike real estate agencies and do not trust cooperation on prepayment, are also underway. What happened to my friends.

In no case should not trust the sweet speeches of real estate agents working on an advance payment, even if they are negotiated with the apartment owner about a meeting with him. It is much more reliable to work with agents with payment on the fact of removal and settlement. However, here you can fool. How can you read in our next issue.

Today we will talk about how to rent an apartment and not become a victim of fraudsters, not run into some kind of divorce or deception, which is currently provided in this area. In this article, I will scatter the somewhat most common ways of deception and fraud related to rental housing. It is not so difficult to learn about them: they write a lot about this in different forums, in other blogs, information about fraudsters spreads pretty quickly.

Nevertheless, new tenants continue to come across their tricks, because they do not know or do not want to know how to rent an apartment correctly. I recommend that you carefully familiarize yourself with the following options for deception in order not to become a victim of scams when renting an apartment.

Methods of fraud and deception when renting apartments for rent.

Method 1. Other photos of the apartment. You are looking for where to rent an apartment on the Internet, and find an ad with very impressive photos of the interior of the leased housing in combination with a fully accessible and interesting price. You joyfully contact the owner or realtor, but there you are reported that this apartment allegedly has already been leased, but there are other similar, and offer you to see them, often asked to pay some kind of advance.

What to do? If the combination of the price / interior seems to you somewhat suspicious, and in other cases, too, check the exhibited apartments for uniqueness. Make it is absolutely easy - there are special services for this on the Internet. For example, one of these - Google Images. Just insert a link to the photo in the search bar or save the photo to your computer, and then download to the service, and it will show you all the analogues of this picture on the Internet. And when you notice that the "one and the same" apartment is rendered in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and other cities - I think you should be clear that you want to be at least to bring it fraud, but most likely - to dilute which- Something "prepayment". Therefore, we urgently do not recommend contacting such ads.

Method 2. Non-existent apartments. In fact, the same way, only a photo may not be at all, while the apartment itself is too. Scammers give ads for rental housing, as a rule, attracting a good price, and then you contact them, two options for developing events are possible.

In the first case (this is the best option) you just light up your number / e-mail and you will begin to call / write realtors, offering other rental options for apartments, respectively, already more expensive and less interesting. Well, according to this non-existent apartment, they will simply say that it has already been handed over.

In the second case (this is the worst option) with you try it fraudulently to get any prepayment, after which they will disappear.

Perhaps this is the most common option of divorce, deception and fraud when renting apartments for rent.

What to do? As soon as you were told that the apartment of interest to you is already handed over, but at the same time other options can offer - immediately to alert. And never, never never Do not make any prepayments for the services of realtors, nor for renting an apartment, until you really agreed with the owner and have not signed a lease agreement with it.

Method 3. Multiple rental of the same apartment.

Thinking about how to rent an apartment, you should not forget about this very unpleasant way of fraud, which, unfortunately, also has a place to be, albeit not as often as the previous one. What is his essence? In the fact that the owner of the apartment with various cunning methods gives the same housing to different people, getting prepayment from them. And they have to somehow share it with each other, and find out who will stay to live, and who will have to just say goodbye to money.

How does this happen? Well, for example, you removed the apartment: the owner personally spent you, everything showed, gave the keys and took the prepayment in 2-3 months. You are settled in the morning, and in the evening the door opens the door to another person who moved here with things - he watched this apartment and made a prepayment yesterday. And the next day - another family .. (if the owner is so lucky that he managed to turn his job as much with three tenants).

In this case, if you have a lease agreement in your hands, and the fact of making a prepayment is not fixed - you do not prove anyone anyone. After all, even if you contact the police, and they will find the owner - he will say that you all invented it. Or maybe the "owner" is another tenant who himself removed the apartment for a week and relied it with several other people for a year. And it happens, and often ...

What to do? Make payment / prepayment only after signing the lease agreement with the real owner of the apartment. When signing, be sure to check the documents for the right of ownership, all the owner's passport details, to check them with those specified in the contract. The fact of transfer of money to record, at least, reception, and better - banking documents on non-cash enrollment of funds for the details specified in the contract.

Method 4. Treaty with a Lipov Agency. And the last method of divorce when renting apartments for rent, which I want to consider is the signing of a contract with non-existent realtors.

The scheme works like this: scammers rents some small office, give ads about a profitable surcharge of apartments, they come to them to rent an apartment, they conclude with all the contracts on their own behalf and take a prepayment for 1-2-3 months. At the same time, you show a photo of an apartment, but warn that you can talk, say, in a week, when the accommodation will be released by previous tenants. Perhaps you are even handing the keys to the apartment for loyalty. But when you come to the appointed period at the specified address, it turns out that no one passes there. And when you return to the agency to arrange disassembly - it turns out that there is no longer there.

What to do? Contribute to the lease agreement only directly with the owner of the apartment, which will provide you with your passport and all documents confirming the ownership of real estate. No intermediaries, all the more, suddenly appearing nowhere. They just can suddenly disappear to nowhere ...

Now I want to list some common signs of the announcement of rental housing for which you can determine what you are dealing with fraudsters (not 100%, of course, but with a high probability):

• In the contact phone, there are letters similar to the numbers (for example, the letter W instead of the figure 3, the letter O instead of the figure 0, etc. - look carefully), or the phone, or even the ad, and not the text. Practically 100% sign of fraud. This is done so that the number / data cannot be copied and "breaking" on black lists;
• The announcement states that the owner is abroad / in another city and will receive payment / prepayment;
• Looking for "good people who will look after the apartment" for a symbolic fee;
• One room in the apartment is rented, and the second / third "closed with things";
• Offer "help with registration";
• Ideal and constructed as a glossy magazine professional photo of surrendered housing;
• Other "very friendly" people already live in the apartment;
• It is emphasized that they are looking for a "decent family", "strictly non-drinking" or something similar (think about yourself, what owner will take his apartment to dishonest people or alcoholics?);
• A certain pledge / prepayment is proposed until the lease agreement is concluded;
• It is indicated that the housing is surrendered "urgent."

And in conclusion another useful advice that will need all those who do not know how to rent an apartment without cheating and divorce: Be sure to score an apartment address, the name of the owner or realtor, their contact phones / e-mail, and check, not " They lit up "if they are in some black lists. On the Internet there are already a lot of all sorts of black lists of apartments, and much better if you find there your landlord in advance, which later you will make it, losing money and time.

Now you have some idea of \u200b\u200bhow to rent an apartment and not run into fraudsters. Be careful and vigilant: some risks will always remain, but in your power to reduce them at times! Remember this ...

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And at the same time not to be on the street? Sherium collected together the five most common schemes for the unscrupulous behavior of housing owners. We believe, you should pay attention to them before signing the lease agreement.

Scheme number 1. Miley Soul Man - And from the apartment put

In the rental market today, it is very often possible to meet stories when the owner of the apartment, after the conclusion of a lease agreement, hardly changes the scenery with an accuracy of the opposite.

Olga is divided by its history: my spouse and I were looking for an option . We wanted to move closer to work. Both work in the Research Institute, the husband is preparing for protection, so the waste of several hours on the road began to seem to us unforgivable luxury.

I was looking for thoughtfully, and at a certain point, as we counted, picked up the perfect option - a spacious, bright apartment, quiet neighbors, and most importantly, the housing housing produced a very good impression. We even managed, on our own initiative, pay for rent in three months ahead.

What happened next, remember sad, - literally, from the first days of the owner of the apartment has become under different pretexts to come to "check the property". It is hardly in the first visit to be returned to the former place the coffee table moved by the spouse. Then he demanded to change the curtains to the previous one, and the dishes that we were removed into the storage room, demonstratively revised for an hour ("What if you smashed the service, or the forks after you do not care?").

In general, the month of us with difficulty "lasted", and then I had to move. An attempt to return the paid money turned around, in the literal sense of the word, "torture." And if it were not for the help of my brother, a lawyer, I do not know how it all ended. They wanted silence and peace, a relaxed atmosphere for work, at least time on the way, and received a month with an excess headache and a fraction of disappointment in humans.

Scheme number 2. Helding to the unreliable owner

Often, tenants are faced with a problem that is difficult to recognize at the first stage of dating with the owners of the apartment. Whether problems with alcohol or strange forms of behavior not acceptable. The most non-optimistic in such situations is the risk that the realtor can be at the same time with the owner.

I arrived in the city to do, says Svetlana, a student of the theater school. There were no places in the hostel and had to look for a room on the subsidence. It turned out to be quite a bit of time, I could not find on my own, turned to the agent. Literally, the next day I was led to the address "The best apartment in the world."

I looked - the room is clean, the necessary furniture is there; The hostess guessly reasoned about Stanislavsky and sincerely wanted to successfully undergo testing. After paying the services of the realtor, and giving money for the month of residence, I hastily headed to solve the issues of young applicant.

And in the evening, "at home", I was waiting for an unpleasant surprise. Mistress Apartments, Elena Sergeyevna, noisy "celebrated" my housewarming. She was coming from somewhere who took the spouse (at our first meeting, a woman introduced lonely) and his friends. Having touched your wrong suitcase, I hurried to leave for a friend from whom I met the day before.

Returning the next day, with the intention to return And the master's keys, we met only lonely unobed dishes and sleeping hosts everywhere and their guests. Moreover, these guests slept even in the room that was still formally meant.

Scheme number 3. Keys in hand, and the owner does not know

Another common variant of fraud becomes re-retaining housing. The essence of the scheme is that the owner does not give you the apartment. And the same tenant, like you. Moreover, he may not only give it to you, but also to third parties. Of course, housing is rented under the terms of prepayment. What actually is part of the damage for your budget.

Sergey was looking for housing for a long time and unsuccessfully, - I was already desperate, a young man admits. When, suddenly, came across an ad, which, as if only I was waiting. The apartment near the airport I was needed like air. I often fly on business trips, sometimes even among the night you have to collect things and go to the road. Meets with the "owner." I looked at the documents, I made a prepayment, took the keys and said goodbye.

From a business trip, I returned in a couple of days, and I was very surprised that I could not get into my apartment. It turned out after me, she was still relocated to several tenants. Unfortunately, to see the "pseudo-owner" of us no longer succeeded, like their money.

Scheme number 4. There is a contract - no sense

It would seem that, You have, keys in your pocket, and in the shower a sense of absolute comfort. And there is all the foundations - the owner is adequate, there are money for payment, the neighbors are not disturbing, what else can you be desired? And at that very moment when your vigilance is warmly dorming, the owner of the apartment has some urgent questions. He addresses you with a harmless request - pay accommodation a few months ahead.

My sister and I lived in an apartment for the third month, "says Oksana. Sister is a student, I just got a job after the end of the university. The apartment was quickly found, the owners immediately seemed very good and intelligent people.

Therefore, when they needed money, we, without thinking, made the amount for six months ahead (I was just paid "lifting"). Ironically, "lifting" became the "trigger" to destroy our sister of cloudless life.

After a couple of days, the son of Antonina Nikolaevna and Igor Petrovich appeared on the threshold of the apartment. And in a rather rough form, I demanded to leave the room. It turned out that the apartment, according to the law, belongs to him. And his "parents", in fact, turned out to be some distant relatives or acquaintances. Who had to look after housing. Of course, to pass it they did not have the right. And our contract, as it turned out later, did not carry any legal force.

Scheme number 5. Apartment "With the bid"

Nowadays our today's story about unreliable deals The story, which is repeated in the rental market of real estate from day to day. We are talking about cases when you offer the perfect option. And here you are happy to agree, we discover "Dowry Apartments".

I never thought that so many people could live in the same apartment, it shares Yaroslav with us. Arriving from another city, quickly found accommodation on the ad. In the afternoon I looked, everything was arranged. I gave money and left for business. In the evening I returned and did not believe my eyes. There was no less than ten people in the apartment. Something like a mini-hostel. Only strangess. And I was not warned about it in advance.

We told you about the most common stories of the deception of potential tenants of housing. Try to carefully evaluate the proposals, and most importantly, to relate this to what you have read just. And then, we are confident, negotiable relationships with reliable owners of housing will find themselves very soon.