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Because I never had the opportunity to have two paychecks in a row without paying rent
That's kind of like robbing Peter to pay Paul. Your rent is your rent and it's due when it's due. Using your logic: I get paid on the 27th but my mortgage isn't due until the 1st, so that check is "all mine". My next check won't come until the 10th, I'll use that to pay my mortgage, but then it's late.
I'm going out on a limb here and assume you are paid every week and not once a month. If so, there are always 2 months out of the year where there are 5 pay weeks instead of 4 and July was one of them so you should have been a whole extra paycheck ahead. (Says to self "and he wonders why" geesh).
As a landlord I might be OK with a one time late payment from a tenant as long as they contacted me and let me know the situation in advance (assuming that they normally always pay on time). Depending on when my mortgage payment for their apartment was due I would either let the late fee slide, or charge them for it.
Keep in mind that your landlord most likely has a mortgage payment due and depends on you as the the tenant to pay on time as agreed so that they can pay the mortgage on your rental. Whether or not they will be OK with a one time pate payment is totally dependent on your landlord's situation so go ahead and ask them.
The economy is no excuse. Your landlord has bills to pay as well. You don't even have the excuse that you aren't working. Again you show an utter inability to manage your finances. I'd expect that from a 15 year old, not a 35 year old.
Pay the rent. If you don't pay the rent on time, be prepared to pay a late fee.
I think what happens sometimes is that a landlord gets so used to you sending the rent on time that they don't even bother to think LATE because of the tenant's reputation of timely rent payments.
It's a business transaction. The landlord is not your friend. If you are late, you will incur a late fee. The rent is no different than your credit card or your car payment. Oh wait, you have no car.
How about you give the landlord two months rent at once just so he can have the thrill of the feeling of having more money than usual
And btw, any tenant that continually pays after the due date and in the grace period, I consider as an habitually late payer.
Grace periods should allow for things like mailed payments that don't make it on time... not an extension of a due date.
Agreed. My mortgage is due on the first of the month. I pay it on the 15th of the prior month to allow for mailing time. Bills (including rent) are due on a certain date, that doesn't mean that they are due to be mailed that day, it means they are DUE that day.
Because I never had the opportunity to have two paychecks in a row without paying rent
So I guess you take the special bus. Everyone else in the world is able to pay their rent on time, and they all have the same pay schedule as you do. Learn how to manage your money, or go live in a box. And if your rent/bills is so high that you can't save six months living expenses, then you need to make some changes. Move to a cheaper place and stop living beyond your means.
Give them the rent check on the 5th, it won't hit the bank before the 7th.
Not neccessarily. These days checks usually hit the bank the day they are received, and are cleared through the account of the issuer the same day.
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