The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCharging to tour rental properties...media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageCharging to tour rental properties...media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-22 days 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-up9arrow-down3·2 days agoIts common to pay a down payment to hold a rental, this is just a shittier version of that.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days 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.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoYeah thats why I said its shittier. Still costs money but the renter gets nothing for it.
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.
Yeah thats why I said its shittier. Still costs money but the renter gets nothing for it.