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Fake NY Realtor Rents Out Home

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Real Estate Agent with Russell & Jeffcoat Real Estate Corp.

I just read about a Long Island, NY family that thought they got a good deal when they found a rental house for $1,000 a month - until the owner showed up and asked what they were doing there.

Police arrested Gregory Garvin on Wednesday for posing as a real estate agent and renting out the vacant house in Roosevelt. Garvin was charged with grand larceny and fraud.  Garvin also collected a $1,000 security deposit from the couple.

The family was living in the house about two weeks when the real owner showed up.

I would have liked to have heard that conversation!

Terry Edwards     www.FeaturedColumbiaHomes.com

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Richard Dolbeare
Inactive - Wailuku, HI
Living the Hawaii Lifestyle

So did the owner have to go throught the eviction process?

Oct 19, 2008 10:17 PM
Darin Haughie
Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell, Inc. (EWM) - Pinecrest, FL

We had a guy renting foreclosures here in Florida.He would mow the grass,break in and change the lock. Tell the renters it was his aunts and she lived up north. He did it 13-15 times before getting caught!

Oct 19, 2008 10:21 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Desperate times and desperate people, Terry. It's pandemic.

Oct 19, 2008 10:47 PM
Richard Iarossi
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Crofton, MD
Crofton MD Real Estate, Annapolis MD Real Estate

Terry,  Never underestimate the ingenuity of the American public.

Oct 19, 2008 10:52 PM
Miriam Bernstei
Rochester, NY

Terry, would have loved the link to the rest of the article, what is the rest of the story?

Oct 19, 2008 10:55 PM
Richard Shuman
The Only B.S. I Have is from the University of Massachusetts - Lake Mary, FL
Real Estate Broker - Orlando Area - Love Referrals

I am surprised that we don't hear of more of thison forclosed or vacant homes.

Oct 19, 2008 11:08 PM
Marlene Pellegrini
Norwich, CT

Unbelievable. This is crazy.  The nerve.  Thanks for sharing.

Oct 19, 2008 11:45 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Terry, I can see where this can easily happen today. Owners may start asking to a copy of our license in the future.

Oct 20, 2008 12:33 AM
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