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I'm genuinely surprised anyone would take a place completely unseen. Even if you remove the possibility of being scammed like this and assume the place does indeed exist, there's so much potential for creative photography to hide problems. Not to mention noise, bedbugs, broken appliances etc.

Did people do this before the internet? It's amazing how a "corporate" looking website can convince rational people to be incredibly trusting.

So yeah, never do that.

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If you're only going to be living there for six months it doesn't really matter.

I once rented a shitty apartment that I knew was shitty and could see was shitty. I needed some place to live right then and there and they weren't asking too much for rent. I wasn't planning on living there more than a year. Ended up living there two years due to medical issues delaying home buying but still don't regret living there at all.

Plus, you reserve hotel rooms sight unseen.

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