is my dad getting scammed?
i'm going to keep things vague here in case something weird happens, but basically my dad is finishing up signing a rental agreement for a property in orangeville, and the person he's been communicating with just sent him a large document in addition to the rental agreement.
at the end of this document the woman that my dad has been talking to has slapped a 1600$ fee for her "Services" ... which is about half the rent of the property.
my dad's not made of money right now so this came as a shock to him, and the way he explained it made me think it was a scam, or at least a way to get extra money out of people who don't know any better.
please let me know if he can just ignore this ludicrous fee, cause all that she's been doing is being a middleman for the landlord, surely that means the landlord should be paying her??
thanks
EDIT: forgot to mention that my dad is fairly sure she didn't disclose this fee up front
EDIT 2: OKAY so everything is good, the realtor didn't tell my dad that the form that she sent is for both landlord and tenant? It's really weird but she says that he doesn't have to pay. She may just have bad communication skills.