u/DigmonsDrill

Moving out of an apartment early, I put out an ad looking for someone to take over the lease.

I got a number of people to ask a question and disappear, one who came by and then ghosted. All expected.

But one person seemed really interested. They responded, asked questions, and most importantly sent in an application to the leasing company. I haven't seen it but confirmed it came in.

However, they've ignored every offer to look at the place in person. They said they were out of town until Monday, but since Monday have still ignored that offer.

I offered to cover the application fee with the landlord if they went through a simple Zillow check. They ignored that.

I just don't get what's going on. If they hadn't sent in an application, I would write them off like I ignored the other people. I'm trying to figure out if this could be a scam in some way. I guess they get me to pay the application fee and never follow through to make me waste some money.

If this is a known scam I'd actually know what's going on. Is it?

Why are all my Retirement Fund Accounts down today when their non-retirement equivalents are all up?