 Viewing (by Caitlin [NC]) Mar 18, 2015 5:48 AM
 Viewing (by NE [PA]) Mar 18, 2015 5:55 AM
Viewing (by Andrew,Canada [ON]) Mar 18, 2015 6:06 AM
Viewing (by SharonG [SC]) Mar 18, 2015 6:37 AM
Viewing (by Vee [OH]) Mar 18, 2015 6:53 AM
Viewing (by wmh [NC]) Mar 18, 2015 6:56 AM
Viewing (by gevans [SC]) Mar 18, 2015 7:09 AM
Viewing (by DIXIE [KS]) Mar 18, 2015 7:42 AM
Viewing (by Robert J [CA]) Mar 18, 2015 11:22 AM
Viewing (by Rangor [TN]) Mar 18, 2015 11:29 AM
Viewing (by Deanna [TX]) Mar 18, 2015 12:05 PM
Viewing (by Jim in O C [CA]) Mar 18, 2015 2:33 PM
Viewing (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Mar 18, 2015 10:41 PM
Viewing (by Caitlin [NC]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 5:48 AM
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Can a tenant rent a property without even viewing the home?
State Specific Question About: NORTH CAROLINA (NC)
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Viewing (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 5:55 AM
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Why not? If they screen out fine, sure. Make them send you a picture of their license and a self portrait with their phone. --50.107.xxx.xxx |
Viewing (by Andrew,Canada [ON]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 6:06 AM
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I don't rent to tenants who have not seen the property and the neighbourhood. I don't want tenants who move in then soon leave because the property or area wasn't what they thought it was. In fact I find my best tenants have already visited the area and are familiar with comparables before renting from me.
Also, I think tenants who claim to be from out of town maybe scammers or have had an eviction........not worth the risk to me. --70.29.xx.xxx |
Viewing (by SharonG [SC]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 6:37 AM
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We have transplants from other states who want to do it. Never actually rented to anyone like this, but with good screening and verifying info I think this is possible.
If they are in the same state they should probably find the time and see it (and you see them). --75.190.xxx.xx |
Viewing (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 6:53 AM
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It can be done however to initiate the background/credit check I need a photo ID on top of the application so I can take my own verification picture, and naturally no keys go out until the damage deposit and full months rent are ready to go to the bank as certified funds, and the lease is signed by the adults who passed the background/credit check - cash/money orders...
So somewhere along the way they need to be in person to get this started. --75.94.xxx.xxx |
Viewing (by wmh [NC]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 6:56 AM
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I've done it a few times. One person is still with us five years later, another was asked to leave after her lease was up. There have probably been others but can't remember. --173.22.xx.xx |
Viewing (by gevans [SC]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 7:09 AM
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We have done it with military transfers from out of state, but in general, it's a bad idea. --141.129.x.xx |
Viewing (by DIXIE [KS]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 7:42 AM
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Yeah, it's a bad idea
I did it one time. The daughter looked at the place for her mother and she thought it was perfect. When mother got there to sign paperwork and take possession, she complained and complained. Daughter and I just looked at each other in awe. We had no clue what mother was talking about. She stayed to end of lease and complained the whole time. Never again. --67.143.xx.x |
Viewing (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 11:22 AM
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I'm with DIXIE (KS) on this one. I too rented properties to a representative of the family going to live in the property. When they arrived I got nothing but complaints. In one case I let them out of the lease so long as they surrendered the property immediately. I drove to the property, did an inspection (they hadn't unloaded the moving truck yet), had then sign a release, got the keys and refunded their entire move in costs. Several hours later I got a phone call from them, they wanted back into the property. After looking at other rentals, mine was the cleanest, largest, most modern and at a competetive price. It's just where they came from, for the price they expected more. I told them they should have respected the work their representative put into finding a property and looked at others before they pulled out. --173.55.xxx.xx |
Viewing (by Rangor [TN]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 11:29 AM
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I have had a happier experience with a family representative (mother and father-in-law who had flipped some properties) looking for her daughter/son-in-law from out of state. Lots of pictures were sent both from me and the in-laws but they didn't see the property until the day of move in.
They were ecstatic "This is a lot bigger than we thought" and "wow, this place is even clean already." I doubt that they will stay past a year, but it can work out if the right people are involved (with a decent amount of luck too probably). --12.251.xxx.xxx |
Viewing (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 12:05 PM
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I tried once. The prospect's husband was a contractor in Afghanistan, and she was relocating to our town from the east coast to be with his family. MIL sent her tons of cellphone pictures. The prospect loved it. She wanted to live there while they built their dream house, and MIL's family didn't want son's family living on their couch indefinitely, so everyone was happy...
...Until she pulled into town. All through the showing, you could tell she was devastated at the thought of living there. She cried all the way through the lease signing. It was quite a decent house for the area-- tall ceilings, hardwoods, renovated within the last year or so, a 3/1.5 with CHA. But it couldn't hold a candle to the 3000 sf house she had just come from in NJ. And while the utility room was just fine for an ordinary w/d set, the monster top-of-the-line w/d set that her husband had bought her before she left had no chance of fitting in there.
She backed out a few hours after lease signing. I let her go with no problems, because I didn't want anyone living in the house who didn't want to be there.
I've never had the opportunity to give it a second try. --64.72.xx.xxx |
Viewing (by Jim in O C [CA]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 2:33 PM
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I tried renting sight unseen once and never again. The husband selected the property and even with pictures and a video the wife was not happy. They excerised the happy clause after 60 days and I was the happy one. They went from my house at $2400 to one at $3500. For $3500 you get more house. --108.95.xx.xx |
Viewing (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Mar 18, 2015 10:41 PM
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Overall not a good idea. This can be a caution flag for a deadbeat.
BUT...
they usually have a family member or trusted friend tour the house for them.
Our website has tons of great photos and with Google Earth/Street view they can see the neighborhood.
My young adult children rented their apts over the internet. The complexes had good photos and layout drawings. They were just looking for a decent place within their budget to land, not a forever home.
Keep talkng with them. They can usually work in a visit.
--67.175.xx.xxx |
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