What should I pay attention to when renting a house in Singapore?

Some people have suffered losses in renting a house in Singapore, but as long as you pay attention, it should be avoidable. Try to be cautious when dealing with real estate agents, and pay attention to the following five points:

1, to ensure that only full-time professional brokers under real estate companies with large scale and good reputation are handled. This is to ensure that the professional level and professional ethics can be better observed, and also to have a reputable and responsible big company to complain when encountering difficulties. Remember to find out through some channels whether the real estate company has been complained many times-if so, change to another company. Generally speaking, it is always wise to avoid dealing with part-time, independent (unincorporated) or unidentified real estate agents.

2. If you pay any deposit or rent to the real estate agent, remember to ask for an appropriate receipt, which should clearly explain the reason for the payment and clearly indicate the leased property or house. Make sure that the receipt is official and printed on the letterhead of the real estate agency. Because vague, anonymous or non-exclusive receipts are easily denied, remember not to accept such receipts.

3. Avoid verbal agreements unless it is only a short stay. Insist on signing a written lease agreement and personally witness the landlord signing the lease agreement directly. This is to prevent some unscrupulous real estate agents from deceiving tenants by pretending to have obtained the authorization of the property, and then leaving with the money.

4. Try to pay by crossed cheque-in this way, if there is default or fraud, it is easier for the police to trace the whereabouts of the money.

Generally speaking, real estate agents represent the interests of landlords, so their fees or commissions should be paid by landlords, not tenants.

6. To be on the safe side, insist on paying the monthly rent to the landlord by check, instead of paying the cash directly to the real estate agent.

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