Tomorrow night we are having a couple come over to the house to rent one of our rooms out and they want to pay 6 months in advance. That would be $2,400. My first thinking when someone wants to pay me large amounts of money, I think scam, but so far he's been pretty legit:
- Called us based upon our ad instead of e-mail.
- Phone # is within the US. He lives in San Francisco right now, moving to Illinois.
- Works for a well-known company and willing to have me call his HR department to verify employment.
- Willing to offer multiple forms of identification.
- Bringing payment with them instead of mailing fake checks.
My current plan is to put the money into a high-yield savings account with our emergency fund, withdrawing each month the $400 needed to cover bills. I'm tempted to use it in one lump sum to pay off debts, but I'm concerned in a month they may want to leave and then I've got to find a way to get them $2K immediately.
Last night and tonight we're getting things ready for them to move (vacuum the house, scrubbed the kitchen, dispose of junk around the house). I'm picking up a bed frame this evening for $10 so that we have a bed ready for them.
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