Convenience
The Metroroommates.com Mail Center is designed to facilitate the rental process. Mail center organizes your leads in a user friendly interface and saves all your leads for quick reference. Your leads will never be marked as “junk” and incorrectly categorized by your email provider. And your leads are always available to you as long as you can get online.

Security
Metroroommates.com editorial team uses proprietary filters to insure that only genuine and qualified leads are delivered to your inbox. If any is suspected to be invalid or inappropriate is manually investigated by our editorial team before it is delivered to you. We strongly recommend that all email communication between you and your potential tenants are done through our mail center. If you decide to communicate with tenants using your private email accounts, we are no longer able to insure the quality of your leads.

Common Sense Renting Tips

Holding Deposits & Pre-Payments:

1.    If possible, you or someone you know should view the property.
2.    If you cannot meet the landlord, have a phone conversation.
3.    Never send money based only on email communication.
4.    A recommended holding deposit is 20% of a months rent.
5.    If you are wiring money, only wire from bank to bank.
6.    Do NOT use wire services such as Western Union or Moneygram.
7.    Do not send money to a country different than the country of the rental.
8.    Get a signed rental agreement.
9.    Get a copy of the landlords ID

Security Deposits:

1.    A security deposit is not more than 2x the rent.
2.    Have your landlord inspect the premises before you leave.
3.    Deposits should be returned 30 days after the lease expires