Yeah unfortunately a lot of these are scams. If you can't tour the place, definite scam (no matter the excuse).

You can get a good deal, but you're not gonna get an insane good deal.

On this do a Google image search to weed out the fakes.

100%! They get away with doing this bc ppl feel too guilty to complain and just comply! It’s bad enough that many DC restaurants have mediocre overpriced food and rude service and now this shit?! They wouldn’t be so bold if they didn’t think they could get away with it. It’s emotional blackmail!

Those prices don’t even exist in rural America.

I moved into Allure Apollo in Suitland when I first moved to the DMV and I paid around 3k for a two bedroom, but it was a luxury building. PG county is getting worse; if I were you I’d try the VA side and commute. PG county is cheap, but rarely that cheap. The person with a 4br should share their secret, because I’ve never seen anything that low ever.

It’s either a room for rent only or a scam. No there’s nowhere in metro DC upon can get a whole apartment for $1000.

I was once listing a sublease on Craigslist and got a too-good-to-be-true offer from someone who was going to pay me a few months' rent to help them get on the lease when they couldn't appear in person. I probably responded a little longer than I should have before bailing out, but I've always wondered what the eventual scam was.

It was a dirt cheap lease in Cincinnati more than a decade ago, so even being as broke as I was, I had an urge to "pay to see."

A good move is just to copy and paste part of the text into Google. You’ll often find the exact same listing in cities around the country showing it’s 100 percent a scam

I’ve seen plenty of studios and one bedrooms in other parts of the country,even cities, with rent below $1000…..

This is a huuuuge one that nobody thinks of. I have the google app (only way I know how to do it on iPhone) and you tap the camera on the far right of the search bar. Also great for finding products you don’t know the name of!

Yeah you MIGHT find studios in that price range but like you said, they’re going to be in questionable areas. And it’s just not worth it to be scared to go to your corner store for butter after dark. My partner and I got really lucky on Craigslist and found a basement apartment with utilities included. Naw, the rent isn’t under $1000 but not having to pay utilities has been a LIFESAVER. I think your best luck is to find a place like that!

Ah yes “the heart of downtown Main Street” DC. Classic DC

That's great ! Good to.know

Reverse image search, you can see if they are a scam pretty quickly

You can get 1500 studios in NW. Look in Cathedral Hgts/Glover Park

Most of those, if not all, are scams. Now, it’s possible to find an apartment that’s $800, but they won’t legally be apartments. I knew of a guy who lived in a partially unfinished basement for that amount. So, luxury apartments are impossible to be true.

You can absolutely get good deals on CL but that sounds scammy. Don’t sign or pay anything without seeing it and talking to the actual landlord.

Yeah. They’re the same picture as well.

Yes. Beware of people who say they’re the property owners but can’t allow you to access the unit. Property records are public info which means anyone can just pluck a name from an address and pretend to be that person online.

Many years ago when I moved back to DC, I turned down a real apt offer because I saw so many cheaper ones on craigslist. They turned out to be scams. Reverse image search pictures and trust your gut when it says it's too good to be true.

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Who are the giants taking at 25 Mel?

Sure.

A room in a group house for 1k in dc is totally doable and legit. A studio? No way. 1.5k might get you a shitty basement studio but like a nice one a couple floors up? Hell no those are 2k+

I live in Arlington and pay 1800 for a one bed