To: President Donald Trump
Remove all property posts from Craigslist
Removal of all property postings on Craigslist. 90% of property postings on Craigslist are fraudulent and cause stress, time, money, irritation, and unsafe situations for all parties involved. All parties being; renters or home buyers looking for new places to live, homeowners, real estate agents, and neighbors. Remove all property posts to ensure the safety, peace of mind, and well being of all parties.
Why is this important?
Fraudulent property posts on Craigslist effect homeowners, renters and buyers looking for new homes, real estate agents, and sometimes even neighbors or other businesses. Fraudulent posts take a photo and some information from a real property and advertise them as something they are not.
Example: A home that is for sale is being advertised on craigslist for rent. When this add is responded to people are being told to drive over to the property and knock on the door.
How does this affect each party?
HOMEOWNERS:
This causes the homeowner to be uncomfortable in their own home not knowing if they should open the door. The homeowner also now has to deal with being harassed by people in their driveways and knocking on their door at any time of day/night.
RENTERS/BUYERS:
Instead of finding real information, these people looking for a new place to live are mislead - are influenced to drive around wasting their time and money. Renters/buyers are now left with an uncomfortable feeling after knocking on a door that they were not meant to. This puts renters/buyers in an awkward situation at the door as well as having their time wasted and their search for a new home prolonged.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS:
This affects agents in many ways, they now have to spend ample amounts of time trying to have fraudulent posts removed. They need to make their clients aware that people may knock on their door which can be an awkward situation and could potentially even lose them their listing costing them time and money. Agents need to change their advertising and sometimes, even spend more time and money creating new advertisements so that the renters/buyers who were unknowingly steered in the wrong direction do not knock on the homeowners' doors.
OTHER BUSINESSES/NEIGHBORS:
This can affect other businesses/neighbors as well. Many of the responses from these fraudulent posts tell the unsuspecting renters/buyers to park at a neighbors house or a business next door. This now interferes with the other business/neighbors property, they now have to deal with unknowing loitering.
OTHER EFFECTS:
This can also be a matter of personal safety for renters/buyers looking for a new property. Some vacant homes for sale can be posted on craigslist for rent. The response from this fraudulent post can sometimes be telling the renter/buyer to show up to the property, that the property is unlocked or telling them where to find a key. This can be very dangerous to renters/buyers as they can show up to a vacant property and can be harmed or kidnapped (this is a theory as well have heard stories, we have no direct evidence of this example).
Please help to remove all PROPERTY posts from craigslist for the safety, well being, and peace of mind for all parties who are involved.
Example: A home that is for sale is being advertised on craigslist for rent. When this add is responded to people are being told to drive over to the property and knock on the door.
How does this affect each party?
HOMEOWNERS:
This causes the homeowner to be uncomfortable in their own home not knowing if they should open the door. The homeowner also now has to deal with being harassed by people in their driveways and knocking on their door at any time of day/night.
RENTERS/BUYERS:
Instead of finding real information, these people looking for a new place to live are mislead - are influenced to drive around wasting their time and money. Renters/buyers are now left with an uncomfortable feeling after knocking on a door that they were not meant to. This puts renters/buyers in an awkward situation at the door as well as having their time wasted and their search for a new home prolonged.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS:
This affects agents in many ways, they now have to spend ample amounts of time trying to have fraudulent posts removed. They need to make their clients aware that people may knock on their door which can be an awkward situation and could potentially even lose them their listing costing them time and money. Agents need to change their advertising and sometimes, even spend more time and money creating new advertisements so that the renters/buyers who were unknowingly steered in the wrong direction do not knock on the homeowners' doors.
OTHER BUSINESSES/NEIGHBORS:
This can affect other businesses/neighbors as well. Many of the responses from these fraudulent posts tell the unsuspecting renters/buyers to park at a neighbors house or a business next door. This now interferes with the other business/neighbors property, they now have to deal with unknowing loitering.
OTHER EFFECTS:
This can also be a matter of personal safety for renters/buyers looking for a new property. Some vacant homes for sale can be posted on craigslist for rent. The response from this fraudulent post can sometimes be telling the renter/buyer to show up to the property, that the property is unlocked or telling them where to find a key. This can be very dangerous to renters/buyers as they can show up to a vacant property and can be harmed or kidnapped (this is a theory as well have heard stories, we have no direct evidence of this example).
Please help to remove all PROPERTY posts from craigslist for the safety, well being, and peace of mind for all parties who are involved.