Even More Ways to Protect Yourself from Losses When Renting

In this week’s blog we will discuss more ways tenants can avoid financial losses when renting.

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Ways to Protect Yourself from Losses When Renting

In this week’s blog we will discuss different ways tenants can avoid financial losses when renting.

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Advice to my first-year self

In this week’s blog, we reached out to some of our community members and asked them to give us one piece of advice they would give to their first-year self and here are some of the responses we got.

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Moving Out? Here’s How to Make It Way Less Stressful

Classes are over, your final exams are either looming or (thankfully) behind you, and now it's time to think about moving out. Some people like to just wing it and hope for the best — but let’s be real, having even a basic plan can save you a lot of headaches. We’ve put together a quick guide to help you survive moving season with your sanity intact.

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How to Spot Scams and Fake or Fraudulent Postings

At RentWhiz we take safety and security very seriously, so we do everything we can to make sure our community is a safe space and a safe place. In this week's blog we wanted to discuss various ways to identify postings that may be scams, fake or fraudulent. If you ever needed to read one of our blogs to the very end, this is probably the one. If you ever notice a posting that meets any of the criteria below, please flag it and report it as soon as possible so we can protect other people in the community. To report a posting, click on the 3 dots in the top right hand corner of the listing and click on “report post” or “report to group admins. To report a comment, tap and hold on the comment and click on “report post” or “report to group admins, you can find more details at this link. We will then block these individuals from all our groups and report them to Facebook, so they cannot cause any more harm. We also recommend reporting it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC).