About to get first property. Weird question.

[Ryan W.]

I will be moving to a new town soon that has a much better market for me to invest in to kick off my journey in real estate.

I have read alot here, but never came across something like this question.

My current landlord claims she doesn't own a property I am renting, but she is the owner of this and many properties per tax assessors documents.

She has avoided answering the question about where I send my new address a few times now causing me to dig up the public records.

Am I about to get scammed out of my deposit?

I could use as much funds as possible to do upgrades to my own investment. What is the best way to go forward with dealing with this? I figured it would be great for me to know as a landlord myself.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ryan