The trap of signing a rental contract with an intermediary
(A) the common trap of housing agency-contract trap.
1. In the agreement signed between the intermediary company and the tenant, if Party B exchanges their respective contact information with the lessor or signs a deposit contract with the lessor, the intermediary company will complete the entrustment contract with Party B, and Party B shall pay the agency fee. Therefore, it is necessary to ask tenants to be vigilant. Intermediary companies are likely to cheat tenants of intermediary fees by playing duet with internal employees.
The correct approach should be to verify the landlord's identity and property rights and other relevant documents, and sign a formal housing lease contract with the landlord, and pay the relevant expenses of the intermediary company after the property is delivered.
2. When signing the entrustment contract with the landlord, the intermediary company should agree on the signing place of the house lease contract, preferably to the intermediary company, to prevent the salesman of the intermediary company from signing the contract with the owner privately without telling his company, and the transaction safety of the owner can not be guaranteed. Secondly, it is necessary to fill in the property acceptance form in detail, indicating in detail the name, brand, quantity and old and new degree of various facilities in the house, which shall be signed and confirmed by the owner and the salesman of the intermediary company, and stamped with the official seal to prevent the goods from being damaged or lost.
(2) The common trap of housing agencies is to defraud huge price difference.
Illegal intermediaries use various preferential means to cheat the trust of the owners, and then in the name of not charging intermediary fees, they sell their houses in agent for owner at a very low price and rent them at the market price, earning a high price difference.
(3) The common trap of housing agencies is to defraud housing rents.
Some illegal intermediary companies, in the name of housing leasing agents, defraud owners of housing keys and a one-month vacancy period with various preferential conditions, pay rent by monthly payment, and advertise low-cost rental to attract renters. If the lessee takes a fancy to this house, he should pay the rent in the form of at least one mortgage and three payments, and more often, he should pay it once every six months or once a year. Through this means, illegal intermediaries can accumulate a large amount of cash in a short time, and then wait for an opportunity to flee with the money, thus bringing huge property losses to owners and renters.
(4) Common pitfalls of housing agencies. Pretend to be the landlord to defraud the agency fee.
The illegal intermediary in this scam must first rent a suitable house as a prop, and then find the company's salesman to pretend to be the landlord, and the rental price quoted to all customers is far below the market price.
(5) The common trap of housing agencies is to defraud the fees of various names by illegal means.
1, the trap of asking for house payment.
The process of this scam is that after the customer pays the room rate of 300-500 yuan, a salesman leads the customer to see the house (of course, this house doesn't exist at all). On the way, a salesman called to pretend to be the landlord and said that he could not go for the time being. He could make an appointment to see the house or ask the customer to write down the phone number of the owner. At this time, a salesman will say: you have contacted the landlord and the room rate will not be refunded according to the contract.
2. The trap of asking for information fees.
The so-called information fee means that when the renter and the intermediary company can't reach an agreement on the rental agency fee, the intermediary company will propose a preferential way, that is, after the renter pays a small fee, it is generally 300-500 yuan, and the intermediary company will provide the renter with a number of housing information, which will be contacted by the renter himself.
What should I pay attention to in the rental contract?
1. Ask the landlord to issue the original and one copy of the real estate license and the landlord's ID card, and sign the contract after verification. When signing a lease contract, the lease term and specific address should be stated, and the specific address should be consistent with the real estate license.
2. Write clearly the indoor facilities in the contract, including furniture and household appliances. If decoration is needed, it should also be indicated in the contract to avoid unnecessary disputes when renting in the future. Clearly write out who will pay for utilities, broadband network fees, property fees, cable TV closed-circuit fees, etc.
3. After explaining the terms of house rent, note that during the lease period, Party B shall not charge any extra fees for any reason. It should also be noted that if the landlord entrusts his relatives or friends to help him rent a house, if possible, the landlord needs to sign the contract himself. Otherwise, their relatives or friends are required to issue a power of attorney, which specifies the names, ID numbers and work units of the client and agent. At the same time, I wrote that I specially entrusted the above agent to handle the relevant lease matters for me and sign the relevant documents.
If the lessor is not the landlord, be sure to sign the lease contract. The signed lease contract must be approved by the landlord, and the lease term cannot exceed the original lease contract. If there are additional conditions, such as safety and environmental factors, after consultation with the landlord, try to write in the additional conditions of the contract. It must be noted that the deposit is best paid after signing the contract and writing the additional conditions.