• Lyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Owning or renting the apartment in question is the actual bare minimum for there to be no ability for it to be considered fraud.

    A landlord doesn’t have to rent or sublet to anyone that applies. The thing that makes it fraud is that you’re advertising something for sale/rent which you don’t own. (like selling a bridge)

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      You’re thinking like a square. soviet-playful

      Let’s say you know someone with a very expensive apartment. You and 5 friends each make a deal with that owner to serve as a rental “agent” to the owner giving them a cut of the application fees with an unspoken understanding that they will never approve any of your suggestions. Would that be fraud? thinkin-lenin