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Old 03-29-2018, 07:07 PM
 
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Is there a way to verify a broker agent/firm ? I responded to a listing by an agent from Metropolitan Real Estate Group, saw the condo unit and interested in moving forward, the agent provided me with a free rental application form by Domu. I requested an official email ID to send the information and was given a gmail address (this has the company name on it but it's just a gmail account).

The rent application will have SSN, Salary etc and I'm starting to worry if this info should be sent over a gmail. Do any of you have an experience with the company mentioned/heard anything of it? The yelp reviews are a handful and I don't know if they're authentic or not, is this how it is usually in Chicago with agents? How to verify information for such agents? Please let me know
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Old 03-30-2018, 05:42 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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To check if they have a valid license, go to the IL Department of Professional Regulation site: https://ilesonline.idfpr.illinois.go...nseLookup.aspx. You might need to set up a free account to get results. I'm in the mortgage biz and use it all the time to get license numbers for the Closing Disclosure.

Sending personal info over gmail is an entirely different matter. See if you can fax it. My understanding is that is my secure due to going over phone lines. I'm not a tech wiz, though.
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