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Re: First time renter in need of good advice - how to verify who I am renting from (by Carol K.):
Be very careful of rental agencies in Florida. I got scammed there but luckily it was caught in time and credit card company refunded my money. The company is continually changing its name so that they can continue to scam. We had to change our credit card because a year later they posted charges to our card under a different name. Always check your charges each month. The rental property itself made good for us and found us a place to stay for same charge because manager was aware this rental agency was falsely booking to their property. Always confirm your reservations with the property itself, that is how we caught the problem in time to reverse charges. In general people are honest but then there are the few that make it hard for others.