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		<title>Buy, Lease, Rent to Own&#8230;Just Someone Live in This Condo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The real estate bubble created a huge condo boom in areas like Miami.  Now, builders are turning them into rentals and rent to owns.  From Realtor.org
Of the 635 pre-construction sales recorded in 2005, only  200 ultimately closed, and only 33 percent of the available rentals have been  taken so far.
Condo Vultures say  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2009/01/02/buy-lease-rent-to-ownjust-someone-live-in-this-condo/</link>
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		<title>Watch Out for This Scam Out of Lancaster, PA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Details are a little sketchy from the news article, but it appears a couple from Cincinnati, OH tried to rent a condo in Miami, FL from a source in Lancaster, PA.  The couple sent two cashier&#8217;s checks  &#8220;totaling $2,300, to the alleged renter&#8217;s address, which is in Lancaster County.&#8221;
The couple arrived in Miami, and found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2009/01/02/watch-out-for-this-scam-out-of-lancaster-pa/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Fall for this Housing Scam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A scammer was targeting a partner at a large CPA firm in Boise, Id.  The Boise business man had a property advertised on craigslist and received an email from &#8220;a professor of paleontology from the Netherlands who was moving to Boise for a  year and needed a house for himself and his family.&#8221;
The professor  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/22/dont-fall-for-this-housing-scam/</link>
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		<title>Watch Out for Dr. Jack Fred in Cleveland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jack Fred sounds like he is a real doctor like Dr Pepper is a real doctor.  Dr. Jack Fred is advertising houses for rent on craigslist that are really other people&#8217;s homes that are listed for sale.   From Cleveland.com:
She learned of the ad after her Realtor received a call from a woman who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/12/watch-out-for-dr-jack-fred-in-cleveland/</link>
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		<title>Follow What this Couple Did to Avoid Falling Victim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Pawtucket Times, a couple from Lincoln, RI inquired about a property they saw on Craigslist by emailing the person who posted the property.  A pastor by the name of Thomas McNulty was the man who responded.  Apparently, the home was for rent because he was out of town on a crusade in Africa.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/11/follow-what-this-couple-did-to-avoid-falling-victim/</link>
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		<title>Renting Your House: Create a Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you have analyzed your situation, and reached the conclusion that renting out your house is the best option.  Now you need to set up a plan of action to get your home ready to rent.
First things first, where are you going to live?
•	Are you moving in with a roommate?
•	Are you going back with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/10/renting-your-house-create-a-plan/</link>
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		<title>Foreclosures Leading to Rental Housing Scams in Washington DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that there has been a sharp rise in the number of people being victimized by rental scams in recent months.  One particular example quoted below is particularly astonishing that someone got away with this scam for so long.
Some of the schemes are astoundingly brazen. In July, Fairfax County police arrested Fauquier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/09/foreclosures-leading-to-rental-housing-scams-in-washington-dc/</link>
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		<title>Will Rent to Own Homes Save the Economy??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That is the idea that Lewis Ranieri spoke about at Holfstra University.   Ranieri is the mastermind behind the idea of securitizing mortgages.  He proclaims that
the collapse of mortgage-backed securities on  a breakdown of checks and balances and scoffed at the way the government is  approaching the problem now.
He believes that it will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/08/will-rent-to-own-homess-save-the-economy/</link>
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		<title>Beware of Rental Ad Scam Hartford, CT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are still getting calls after you have rented your property, it might be a good idea to double check the rental listing boards to see if someone has reposted it as a rental scam.  From Hartford, CT&#8217;s WSFB.com
Elisabeth Medaris said someone appears to have stolen images from her old online posting and is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/08/beware-of-rental-ad-scam-hartford-ct/</link>
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		<title>Another Story of Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Wire Money Outside the Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Memphis, TN, Waymon Kinchen attempted to rent a house from craigslist.  He was very excited about the property because the house was a good deal for the area.  Kinchen called the person who posted the ad, and found out that
the man who listed the property told Kinchen he had moved to Africa.
Does this sound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rentandleasehousing.net/2008/12/07/another-story-of-why-you-shouldnt-wire-money-outside-the-country/</link>
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