A woman here in DC just got arrested for “renting out” foreclosed homes. She would drive around looking for empty houses that were in foreclosure, note if the banks were sending people by to take care of the property, and then, if they weren’t, she would break in, change the locks and rent out the house. She had all the fake paperwork for rental, and always demanded a large deposit plus first and last months’ rent.
Her big mistake was hanging around to collect the monthly rent as well.
A guy here in Destin was doing the exact same thing! Scamming unsuspecting people just moving here from out of state.................