“FB marketplace is free.”
FB removed a rental I had last week.
We used F/B to see what kind of tenant a lead would be. Saw all sorts of obscenities on that possible tenant’s FB page. Asked them to confirm I had the right page for them ... they took it down. As I said I cannot have someone that might be doing this around my grandchildren.
FB wants my grandchildren to be exposed to filth.
Next time don’t ask for the confirmation. They must have reported you to...whomever.
I have lots of investment properties, but I would never rent them to anyone. Flip only. Owner fi if need be. In the contract it’s stated with crystal clarity that the buyer is a buyer, not a tenant, and the contract is a purchase contract, not a rent-to-own or lease-purchase arrangement. If they don’t pay as agreed they lose all they paid in.
With a rental, they don’t lose a thing, you can be sued for damages, your property is trashed, removing the trash costs a small fortune, extermination, cleanup, repairs...and anyway eviction may be impossible because covid. (I have friends who are landlords, they have been ruined by covid eviction moratorium. One of them bought a 60-unit building, tarted it up with new everything, and now almost none of his tenants have paid a dime in months.)
Many landlords have never had a problem. “I have never had a problem” playing Russian Roulette.
Excuse my straying from the subject. :)
FB is good for almost nothing, but its marketplace has a great many advantages. You can check FB pages, discreetly. Whereas ebay doesn’t even have an “about me” page anymore.