This article leaves out the most important task before renting on Craigslist: make sure the party you're giving money to actually has standing to rent the prope

This article leaves out the most important task before renting on Craigslist: make sure the party you're giving money to actually has standing to rent the property! There is a LOT of fraud with people "renting" properties on CL that are utter frauds and vanish as soon as they get the deposit.