We are advertising a house for rent in Calgary on Kijiji. We`ve turned away a few already because of too many pets and/or too many people/too many children, etc. But we are considering renting to a couple with no children but they have 2 declawed middle aged cats. We aren`t too concerned about that but what is weird is they would like a lease for at least a year and hopefully more and want to prepay 6 months of it. I asked why they would want to do that and they said to just get it out of their hair early. This is pretty odd to me but maybe it`s common ??
We haven`t got their completed applications yet but we know the man has his own company doing home renovations.
They have said before we even asked that they would do lawn care etc. (who offers that upfront??) as they have their own lawn mower.
They love the fact (unlike most) that the house backs onto a high berm and on the other side is Deerfoot Trail as it is very Feng Shui to back onto a busy street.
Something doesn`t quite feel right to me but I don`t know why. Any ideas from any of you who do lots of rentals? What`s your hunch? Am I being paranoid or is there something fishy about these people?
Terry
We haven`t got their completed applications yet but we know the man has his own company doing home renovations.
They have said before we even asked that they would do lawn care etc. (who offers that upfront??) as they have their own lawn mower.
They love the fact (unlike most) that the house backs onto a high berm and on the other side is Deerfoot Trail as it is very Feng Shui to back onto a busy street.
Something doesn`t quite feel right to me but I don`t know why. Any ideas from any of you who do lots of rentals? What`s your hunch? Am I being paranoid or is there something fishy about these people?
Terry