Stinks. I am having so much trouble finding a place that I keep running out of time at shelters. I look online because I am no longer in the area where I lived before because of the time limits in shelters. So, I found a place that looked/sounded good. Went by to see it - a sort of driveby/peek in the windows type thing. It was, in fact, vacant. I'd replied to an ad online about it, and had gotten the address in an email. Up to that point, it looked good. The house is lovely, right in an area that would be really good for my family, and (barely) in my price range.

Now for the fun part. I am really scared to go forward with it because I am worried that it might be a scam. I've spent a big chunk of the morning trying to find out more information about it... Time that I really don't have. Supposedly, if I want the place I can have it, but something just feels... weird. I'm hoping to get some more information back from an outside source soon. That'll be the deciding factor. If it's genuine, I'll take it. If not... It'll be devastating.

Labels: domestic violence, economic abuse, fraud, housing, recovery, scams, survivor, theft