[quote=plm]Looks like they aren’t bringing cash which I asked for.
Is a wire transfer safe? They are very evasive about bringing cash but I noticed now there is a pending wire transfer to my account which looks legit, they said they had a well off Mom so it could be from her. Spoke with the bank and he said if legit, the pending transfer will clear at the end of the day. So I suppose if at the end of the day, if it has cleared, everything should be ok?
I’m getting the feeling I should have listened to everyone on this forum to run away. But if the wire clears, I don’t see how I can avoid renting to them.[/quote]
Why do you ask if something is “safe” or “if there is something fishy about this” AFTER you already do it?
How about asking before? What do you want us to say?
“Everything is going to be fine. There is nothing wrong…”
or do you want us to tell you the worst case scenario: “they might be trying to commit wire fraud like a nigerian wire transfer scam?”….
If you really want to stop things: tell your bank to refuse the wire transfer. Put a hold on everything outgoing from the account. Tell the prospective tenant, sorry the wire transfer didn’t go through, and then say…sorry no rent….Move on. And talk to a property manager from here on out.
Better yet.. freeze your bank account, refuse the wire transfer….Tell the tenant you had problems with the wire transfer…And that due to the complexity of performing this lease, you’ve decided to handle leasing this unit to a professional property manager. And that you will get back to them shortly with the contact information with the property manager, who I’m sure will let you you re-apply for the lease, going through the screening that the property manager sees fit…. Then talk to the property manager and let him/her take over from here so you don’t continue to dig yourself into a deeper hole, including doing all the proper background checks/credit checks you should have done but didn’t… If I knew you personally, I would say that to them on your behalf, because apparently it seems like you’re uncomfortable even saying what you really want to do…..
