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Has anyone used Craigslist to rent a room from someone?
I'm going to school in a different city and want to find roommate in the area to live with for a brief time. I have been looking on craigslist and I want to know if anyone has found a roommate through them and if it worked out. I saw some postings for $550 a month all bills paid.
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I live in a big city on the West coast. My husband and I were looking for a room to rent. So we put out an ad. We only got to meet one lady who was normal but she chose someone else of 3 applicants. The rest of all who called did not want to speak to my husband, only me and they always turned the questions sexual. We never did find a room that way. It may be different depending on the city you live in. I would advise that if people start asking too many questions in a chat or on the phone and delaying giving you an address and setting up a time to meet, that you give up on them and block their number. There will be a few good people out there but most are crack pots. I had one woman who claimed to be a retired psychologist who was writing a book and would like to be able to ask us sometime questions to help her write her book. She never gave her address and would not be pinned to a time and always called again and asked for me. She always turned the questions to borderline sexual, so what I mean is questionable as it could be taken either way.Next time she called after I figured out she had a thing for women, I had the husband answer and she hung up quick. She called right back and I answered and she began to talk and I asked why she hung up on my husband and why she was wasting our time, had no room to rent and wasn't being honest. Then I hung up and blocked her. So that story is to warn you that it may not just be men you have to be concerned about. If someone is willing to have you come over, bring a male relative with you to be safe, just in case. Good luck.
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Yes. Its very popular and free. If you meet the person and feel uneasy, ask them if they mind if you run a background check on them. If they are weird about it, then don't take it. There's probably companies that do background checks for a price if it'll make you feel better.
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