{"id":12413,"date":"2019-11-26T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liv.rent\/blog\/?p=12413"},"modified":"2023-04-11T16:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T23:05:47","slug":"renter-spotlight-felipe-lais-from-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liv.rent\/blog\/renters\/renter-spotlight-felipe-lais-from-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Renter Spotlight: Felipe & Lais From Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Renter Spotlight<\/h2>\n

Felipe and Lais are a Brazilian couple who have recently moved to Vancouver. Lais is studying and Felipe is looking for employment. They secured a place to live in Gastown before moving here thanks to their relocation company, Easy Dream<\/strong><\/span>,<\/a> and the liv.rent app<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, recommended by Easy Dream.<\/p>\n

Other than high rental prices, what are some of the biggest frustrations renters face in Vancouver?<\/em><\/h2>\n

As an immigrant, it was hard to rent before actually arriving in Vancouver and there seemed to be a lot of bureaucracy. Also many people simply ignored our contact, not returning our emails, which was very frustrating,<\/p>\n

Have you experienced any rental scams in Vancouver? If so, what happened?<\/h2>\n

We didn’t experience any scams but we have friends that almost lost $1,000 CAD deposit on a scam. The fake property manager asked for an early deposit and said the keys would be delivered to a mailbox.<\/p>\n

(Read our top tips on how to avoid rental scams here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

How long did it take you to find a place?<\/h2>\n

It took 2 months, but likely because we were in Brazil. When we hired a company in Vancouver to do it for us (Easy Dream), it took only 3 days to find and secure the rental using liv.rent<\/p>\n\n\t\t