That too! But tenants can use a broker for free for rentals so use that! I know in nyc tenants pay a massive fee - not sure re bos but the landlord pays the fee in PVD so why not right? Also most small landlords (multi fams and owner occupied buildings) of which there are a ton on east side esp don’t want to pay the fee either and more often than not are on Craigslist. I’ve seen tenants apply with one name and email and then bait and switch on Zillow all the time. Never had that on Craigslist - at worst it’s people not reading closely (ie no dogs and they have a dog). Zillow turns into actually (and this is a quote) I live in Sweden and can I pay cash upfront for three months without signing a lease and clearly a fake email. So you can see why zillow (and all the other syndicated sites) seem dicier. They are! And most small landlords don’t want to fork over a fee equivalent to a months rent to an agent. I mean some do sure but most don’t unless it’s an agency’s listing anyway or a big corporation who doesn’t care to begin with.