My House is For Rent…on Facebook?

No, not my house, but a bunch of homes in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area being listed on Facebook as being for rent. The problem is...they're NOT for rent, and the person advertising the rentals has absolutely no connection to the homes.

According to Oklahoma's Own News on 6, this has made for a rather surprising situation for local homeowners:

The Facebook page is called Rent Houses, and one man was shocked to find out his house was listed, especially because he's in the process of buying the home and said it's most certainly not for rent.

After I showed Anthony Harris the rental listing for his house on Facebook, he called the person he's buying the house from just to confirm it wasn't for rent, and of course it's not, even though many people did post they were interested in it.

"It's a very nice house. In no way is it for rent or sale,” Harris said.

 

But, but...I saw it on Facebook! It's gotta be true! Not so much:

Kenyetta Turner lives in the same neighborhood and there is a rental posting for her house as well. She said the picture was recent because they just put up the basketball goal.

She's lived in the home nine years and called her landlord, who confirmed the house is not for rent.

Online, though, it says Turner was moving out on the 15th and people could move in if they pay a $30 application fee and rent through PayPal or a money card.

"I think someone is going to show up ready to move in who's already paid first and last month's rent," said Turner.

 

I'm as stunned as you are to discover that something online might not be on the up and up. Here's more:

Gotta go. Amy and I are going to try to get back our deposit on a "Quaint, work-in-progress domicile near the nation's capitol at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." Hey, it's gotta be for real. I read about it on MySpace.