I have got some up front talking to do, if you get my drift.  I am going to be making a move from Detroit to Boston quite soon, and am discovering the perils of renting a property without being in a position to view it right away.

Right now, renting is the only option, and naturally I started looking at places as soon as I found out I was going to move.  After recovering from the simultaneous coronary and aneurysm caused by seeing the rental prices of places in and around Boston, I buckled down in earnest, and promptly fell in love with a house that, wonder of wonders, I can actually afford!

But there are several problems.  Several things seem fishy.  The person leasing the house lives abroad … and wants me to pay a security deposit sight unseen … and barring that wants me to pay $350 dollars so she can mail the key with full insurance … and, and, and — and what do you do when you fall in love, only to experience so many fishy problems?