Suspicious people calling to rent, appear to be gathering data

Denver, CO · Member since 2012 · 268 posts · 162 votes

When I post rentals, I am now getting frequent calls from people who appear to be "fake." They do not appear to be in the market for a rental, but appear to be trying to gather data.

I am EXTREMELY CONCERNED about the data collection of landlord info/leases/rentals that is coming up next year. I think everyone is greatly underestimating the power of data used against citizens. I think it is a very very bad idea and am quite concerned that people are brushing off the implications of this invasive maneuver by Denver.

Anyone else getting these calls? Anyone else with feedback on the new landlord rules?

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Real Estate Broker · Cody, WY · Member since 2010 · 28k+ posts · 41k+ votes

Could be Big Brother keeping an eye on you, because we're guilty until proven innocent by paying money and submitting to their heavy-handed regulations. Could also be someone trying to get information to determine if you're a good target for a scam.

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Rental Property Investor · Sioux Falls, SD · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 18k+ votes
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Not from Denver, but adding a link to details for those who are not familiar. It looks like an inspection program. Typically the slumlords don't even register their properties so this just burdens the responsible landlords. Interesting to note that this doesn't apply to STR which seems to be a bit of a loophole.
https://www.denvergov.org/file...
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Real Estate Broker · Cody, WY · Member since 2010 · 28k+ posts · 41k+ votes
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Could be Big Brother keeping an eye on you, because we're guilty until proven innocent by paying money and submitting to their heavy-handed regulations. Could also be someone trying to get information to determine if you're a good target for a scam.
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Eric Bilderback
Real Estate Agent · Sisters, OR · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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You sound paranoid,
Good you should be. Most elected officials seem to be comfortable picking away rights that landlords enjoy. Once english common law has been completely dismantled by new woke judges the legal view will be landlords are an oppressing class and the tenants as the victims. They will bring "social justice" to folks like yours truly swiftly.
Until that day all we can do fill out their pointless stacks of paperwork and try and make the case to people this is not the solution. If you think housing is expensive now wait until its free. LOL
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Kelly Sennholz
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Denver, CO · Member since 2012 · 268 posts · 162 votes
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Quote from @Eric Bilderback:

You sound paranoid,
Good you should be. Most elected officials seem to be comfortable picking away rights that landlords enjoy. Once english common law has been completely dismantled by new woke judges the legal view will be landlords are an oppressing class and the tenants as the victims. They will bring "social justice" to folks like yours truly swiftly.
Until that day all we can do fill out their pointless stacks of paperwork and try and make the case to people this is not the solution. If you think housing is expensive now wait until its free. LOL
I don’t know if these are calls from gov, citizens trying to harass or a more coordinated effort. My rentals are sometimes most expensive so I suspect that is why but it is curious. Data is power. Used to be “who you know” but now it’s data, pure and simple. Once data is out, no retrieving it. The city program is a huge privacy violation that folks don’t seem to appreciate. Corporations are the most egregious in this respect, not usually government. And government we can control, corporations, no in general.
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George Dale
Western, NY · Member since 2021 · 7 posts · 1 vote
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Could be that they are trying to get more details on the property so they can put a fake listing up and scam perspective renters.
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Eric Bilderback
Real Estate Agent · Sisters, OR · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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@Kelly Sennholz
LOL I always go straight for the over the top stuff. Good luck to you!
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