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riski_click t1_iszzh80 wrote

Reply to comment by busrideenthusiast in Winter/Spring Student Co-Op in Massachusetts by busrideenthusiast

in person. that's the only way to avoid scammers. You can do the preliminary search online, but never send anyone a penny until they show you the inside of the place in person. Not over zoom, not over facetime, and not even if you walk by the place and see the "for rent" sign on it. Sometimes they string you along for a while to get you really excited about a place and then tell you you'll need to pay them a little money, or else they'll rent it to someone waiting in their office right now with cash. don't fall for it.

Also, the #1 rule to remember (especially in boston housing), is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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busrideenthusiast OP t1_it063g9 wrote

Any advice for me if I can't really see the apartment in person until I move there? I'm in Texas and have school going on. It would be too much for me to make a preliminary trip to MA just to do apartment hunting and then come back home for all my stuff and then finally move back over there.

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riski_click t1_it07a74 wrote

Personally, I have no advice other than have a trusted friend out here who can do the legwork for you (and don't trust someone you met online). It's a tough market and the scammers know it.

Someone else in the sub may have better advice, tho..

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