The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCharging to tour rental properties...media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down10
arrow-up1150arrow-down1imageCharging to tour rental properties...media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThe idea is proably just to filter out people who aren’t serious / not gonna show up. I can’t imgine it’s about the money
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIts common to pay a down payment to hold a rental, this is just a shittier version of that.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYou pay the downpayment to reserve the spot, so they cannot rent that to someone else once you pay. Touring does not apply the same restriction to the property.
The idea is proably just to filter out people who aren’t serious / not gonna show up.
I can’t imgine it’s about the money
Its common to pay a down payment to hold a rental, this is just a shittier version of that.
You pay the downpayment to reserve the spot, so they cannot rent that to someone else once you pay. Touring does not apply the same restriction to the property.