INTRODUCE

Zhang Ting is from Hunan Province and is from Zhengzhou. Two years ago, she made up her mind to come to Shenzhen from Changsha, Hunan Province to develop her career. One reason was that there were more opportunities in big cities, and the other was that her elder sister had settled down in Shenzhen five years ago and had her own family. “It's always a good thing to have someone to look out for when you are in a different place.” she said.

When she first arrived in Shenzhen, renting a house became her biggest challenge. At that time, she was unfamiliar with the place and could only hastily find an agent online. The person opposite was also very enthusiastic when they first met her. They showed her several nice houses, all of which made her very satisfied. Finally, she decided to rent one of them. However, on the day when she was supposed to sign the contract, she had to postpone it due to an urgent matter at her company and made an appointment with the agency for the next day. But strangely enough, the agency has never responded since then. No matter how many messages she sent, it was of no avail. This haunted her for a long time at that time. “Looking back now, I was really lucky at that time.” She smiled and said. It turns out that this is a common tactic used by those black agencies. They lead tenants to those pre-prepared high-quality properties to make them let their guard down. Then they present dual contracts for tenants to sign. This makes tenants realize that the contract they signed is for another house that is usually even worse and ignored. However, due to the high deposit on the contract, The tenants who have been cheated can only suffer in silence and stay there obediently for a while. Therefore, in the eyes of the agency, Zhang Ting's act of asking her to sign the contract the next day was very likely to have seen through her intentions. Thus, in order to avoid the risk of being sued, he naturally did not have any contact with Zhang Ting anymore. By chance, Zhang Ting managed to escape this disaster by accident.

After this experience, Zhang Ting began to tend to look for a legitimate online agency. The house she is currently living in is in an old residential building in Mabu New Village, Xixiang Sub-district. It is a 40-square-meter one-bedroom apartment with a living room. The monthly rent is around 1,500 yuan, which is roughly at the normal rental price level in Shenzhen. Although the house is a bit old, its location is excellent. It takes less than ten minutes to walk to the nearest subway station. Moreover, the room faces south. Every afternoon after she gets off work, the setting sun can shine into her room, making her feel comfortable. The only thing that might not have satisfied her was a building materials store downstairs. There, glass and steel needed for construction were piled up all year round. Every time the workers went to move and unload, the noise was very loud. But this was not a big problem for her. After getting used to it for one or two months, she could already rest and fall asleep in those noises.