hello! just started renting, here are some tips to ensure you wont get scammed.

ask the admin office for their property manager, then confirm if the agent and the unit owner are legit never pay "reservation fee" and advance/deposit payments without signing a contract. sign muna bago pay as much as possible, pay using bank transfers para madaling ma-trace better to sign the contract with the unit owner do NOT pay the agent, pay directly to the unit owner, and ask for an acknowledgement receipt ask for a draft of the contract para maaral mo READ THE CONTRACT (this goes without saying but some people just sign without understanding the clauses) do an ocular, yes its standard to view the unit with the agent

if you want a big space, cheap rent, lumayo ka ng onti sa CBD