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However, about 6 months ago I got scammed b/c the property managers asked for a $99 "Holding Fee" for the unit I was interested in...they made it sound like they would not run my application without the $99 holding fee...but then I overheard them talking about another couple coming in to put down their "Holding fee" so....I guess I was wrong.
They should not ask for "holding fee" until application is approved, you know what I'm saying?
Such a rookie mistake on my behalf, I should have known better
Then I had second thoughts of moving to the place, because of the high crime, even though they were brand new apartments. They did also accept Section 8 there...I'm not on it, obviously, because I work full time..but in my experience, a place that accepts Section 8 is automatically a "no go" for me...
I heard form a property manager a few years ago, "It just takes one of two bad tenants to drag down the entire complex...because they have friends, and they bring their friends over, etc."
I went home and went on yelp.com and read horrifying reviews of the place...should not have bothered applying there.
Um, nope. I balk at paying $34 because I don't want any nickel-and-dime costs from impairing my ability to pay the rent on time. I pay my rent on time, but I since I live on the economic margin, I also depend on not having financial hiccups along the way.
It's not a nickel and dime cost. It's a actual cost a LL or manager incurs to process a application.
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Foreclosure trumps leases, last I looked. Nobody gives me keys and unrestricted access to a 1/2 million dollar house. I rent ROOMS in (overcrowded) houses from individuals living in the house. I literally have had NO time along in this house the 18 months I have lived in it, and I don't even have a key to my room.
Leases trump foreclosure because NOBODY can remove you. You have legal possession of the property within the terms of the lease. If you have a WRITTEN VIABLE lease and you do not violate it you cannot be kicked out.
Your renting situation is your own doing
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It's not a nickel and dime cost. It's a actual cost a LL or manager incurs to process a application.
I rented for 30 years without encountering any charges to "process" an application. Apparently landlords have discovered new ways to process applications and have applicants pay for the privilege.l
I rented for 30 years without encountering any charges to "process" an application. Apparently landlords have discovered new ways to process applications and have applicants pay for the privilege.l
You can still find landlords that do not charge application fees, they may not be cautious of who they rent to. Of course, ahem, you risk ending up in a bad rental situation. Chances are if they aren't charging you an application fee it is because they don't care enough who rents the place to do background checks or they are desperate to rent the place because it is in an undesirable location or in bad condition. You will be more likely to end up stuck with a landlord who takes a sloppy approach to caretaking for their property and/or end up with awful neighbors because they aren't checked either.
For what it's worth, we recently rented out one of our places. Each application cost us $6.17 more to process on average than we collected in application fees.
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I rented for 30 years without encountering any charges to "process" an application. ............
Yes, and you live in a flop house with a bunch of drunks, dopers, and undesirables who didn't get screened by your landlord.
People who want to live in apartments with halfway decent neighbors prefer to rent from a landlord who screens his tenants and doesn't just let in anyone with the first month's rent as the only criteria.
Yes, and you live in a flop house with a bunch of drunks, dopers, and undesirables who didn't get screened by your landlord.
People who want to live in apartments with halfway decent neighbors prefer to rent from a landlord who screens his tenants and doesn't just let in anyone with the first month's rent as the only criteria.
For the 30 years without paying for applications, I rented normal studio apartments from normal landlords.
It's only after relocating to a low-vacancy high COL area that my accommodations were reduced to flophouse rooms. I prefer to rent decent housing but my low income and unfixable credit take that option off the table.
For the 30 years without paying for applications, I rented normal studio apartments from normal landlords.
It's only after relocating to a low-vacancy high COL area that my accommodations were reduced to flophouse rooms. I prefer to rent decent housing but my low income and unfixable credit take that option off the table.
You "relocated" to a low-vacancy, high COL area with a minimum wage skill set? Who does that?
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