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[fake] apartment numbers

Started by nylon
about 5 years ago
Posts: 4
Member since: Jun 2020
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Why are brokers listing fake apartment numbers for rentals? For example, a new (re-) list with apartment 7DD (when apt 7D was listed and removed or rented recently). Or D3D instead of 3D, or 6B4 instead of 6B. It's easy to see the past rentals listing history and see these are the same apartments. If mildly interested, it makes me less eager to contact them for more information. Are they the real apartments and brokers and trying to make it look like apartments are renting, or could these be fake/scams? Thanks!
Response by 30yrs_RE_20_in_REO
about 5 years ago
Posts: 9877
Member since: Mar 2009

One possible answer is that they don't want people seeing a big "days on market" number.

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Response by lrschober
about 5 years ago
Posts: 159
Member since: Mar 2013

Or they don’t want people to see how much they’re decreasing the rent, in addition to how many days it’s been on the market... then people might start getting the idea the rents are negotiable and renters, not landlords, currently have the upper hand.

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Response by inonada
about 5 years ago
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Member since: Oct 2008

Could also be that they are attempting to hide the history from future listings. I.e., in 2022 or whenever prices make a recovery.

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Response by aajval
about 5 years ago
Posts: 0
Member since: May 2020

Or the listing is not an exclusive , and they do not want other brokers contacting the renter.

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