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Payment - why no credit card? (by Tracey S.):
I have both asked for check (but not required it) as an owner and sent a check for a rental. Asking for a check doesn't make one a scammer or not. If you don't feel comfortable and that is the only from of payment they accept move on to a different rental. You certainly don't have as much protection when you use a check. On the flip side the owner has very little protection if you use a credit card and then no show or use the rental but set up a dispute claiming the rental was not as advertised even if it was. You can also offer to cover the escrow fee or the paypal fee when using a credit card. That may work it may not. Scams aside it is a matter of who wants what the other has more and is willing to take the risks associated to get it.
Often a renter can provide references from past renters. Do you trust that those past renters are legit?
If you can't come mutually accepted terms, then there is no deal and no contract and you have to look for another rental elsewhere.