Purchase Protection on vacation rentals?

kaycelei
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I am renting a condo for a family vacation in mid-January and they requested that I pay via paypal for the deposit. It's $90, and the remaining balance is to be paid on arrival. If for any crazy reason we find out this was a scam, will paypal protect me? I was reading the protection policy, and it says that Real estate, including residential property is excluded from protection. Just want to confirm either way before I take the risk. It's a great price, and I'm a little afraid that it's too good to be true...

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Whac-A-Mole
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real estate is buying and selling real properties,not rental.

The risk is with the landlord,he has no way of proving he has delivered the goods with online viewable tracking from a commercial carrier. 

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