The Texas Real Estate Commission is warning real estate brokers, agents and owners to be on guard after discovering the most extensive wave of leasing fraud it has investigated in recent history, all of it centered in Houston so far. The scams involve the use of fraudulent information, such as job history and credit reports, to secure rental properties on behalf of tenants. And unlike other recent scams to defraud landlords, brokers and agents are taking part in the deception in these cases.TREC has already investigated dozens… Read the full story here. |