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How to lease in Col without all the documents?

I visit Colombia every month and have become very tired of staying at hotels. I have tried to lease either a house or an apartment in Medellin but everytime I am turned down due to a lack of documents needed.I have even offered to deposit the total lease amount in an "escrow" account but still have problems. I was wondering if anyone knows another way I can perhaps get a lease without all the hassles and then be able to spend more time in the beautiful city of Medellin.

By phishrox on Jul 29, 2005, 12:37 in Friendly Talkzone.

gorgonabob says on Jul 29, 2005, 15:24:

you cant you will have no success trying to lease a property through an agent... a friend of mine tried to do it and he owns a company here in colombia with several taxis. they would not let him lease the place.... he had to get two fiadores ..

your best bet is to go privately, side stepping the agents..newspapers... or just walk the neighbourhoods hoping to find someone privately renting there place

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 29, 2005, 16:09:

Hmmmmm My experience in Bogota is different. I rented an apartment with no Colombian cosigner, no Colombian bank account and only a one month deposit. However, it's in an area where the landlords are familiar with renting to all sorts of crazy foreigners. I imagine there are areas of Medellin where there are high concentrations of expats. Is that where you're looking?

The other thing they have here in Bogota are very decent apartments that rent by the week or month and you simply pay like it's a hotel.

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colombiabuzz says on Jul 29, 2005, 16:56:

apartment leasing I think we are already communicating on this, but in case we are not, I can help, email me at colombianpossibilities at yahoo.com

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