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Zenithe posted:That is implying that it is normal to charge for rental application. For real? 
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Zenithe posted:That is implying that it is normal to charge for rental application. For real? Is there a place where it's not?
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Jun 27, 2020 02:08
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. oops
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Jun 27, 2020 02:12
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Kreeblah posted:Is there a place where it's not? Australia, the only place I have rented.
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Jun 27, 2020 02:13
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Zenithe posted:That is implying that it is normal to charge for rental application. For real? I just paid $200 to apply for an apartment in Denver. edit: clarification. $50 application fee $150 “holding fee” that is only returned to you if you are declined. it’s a $200 application fee if you win, $50 fee if you lose.
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Jun 27, 2020 02:31
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How else are you going to keep poor people from applying to rent? Also, how are they going to cover paying for the background check they need to do on you?
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Jun 27, 2020 02:50
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SpacePig posted:How else are you going to keep poor people from applying to rent? Also, how are they going to cover paying for the background check they need to do on you? https://rentprep.com/screening-services/tenant-background-check-services-reviews/ click thru for thread content galore but they seem to top out around 20 buxs for a basic check so either your landlord is being extra nosey or profiting a nice $30 for copying and pasting your info into a web form.
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Jun 27, 2020 02:59
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Any necessity to live + profit motive = EVIL
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Jun 27, 2020 03:00
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19 o'clock posted:based on their Facebook page, maybe not? that is some truly vile corporate speak
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Jun 27, 2020 03:02
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T-man posted:https://rentprep.com/screening-services/tenant-background-check-services-reviews/ You’re failing to factor in the staffing resources necessary to order that background check. not such a big brain business man now, are ya? you don’t know how hard it is operating a block of apartments. you’re lucky! it’s not for the faint of heart!
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Jun 27, 2020 03:05
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T-man posted:https://rentprep.com/screening-services/tenant-background-check-services-reviews/ Oh I know it's all bullshit. It's super an excuse. My landlord made the call about my background check in front of me. It's someone they were contacted with, and weren't charged per. It's very stupid.
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Jun 27, 2020 03:09
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Byzantine posted:Birthday: February 29 that must be it
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Jun 27, 2020 03:13
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19 o'clock posted:You’re failing to factor in the staffing resources necessary to order that background check. i have no idea what my landlord's name is, there's a nice old man who seems like he might be a superintendent and I see dumb posted flyers telling people they're not allowed to use their balcony in these specific ways. (and that rent was due during COVID but there's a forum you can submit to "work something out")
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Jun 27, 2020 03:14
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T-man posted:i have no idea what my landlord's name is, there's a nice old man who seems like he might be a superintendent and I see dumb posted flyers telling people they're not allowed to use their balcony in these specific ways. (and that rent was due during COVID but there's a forum you can submit to "work something out") yeah, that’s not far off from my current situation. it’s the downside of moving to a prime spot in Denver. fingers crossed the math shakes out for me after this initial stinger.
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Jun 27, 2020 03:17
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It also creates a market for rental application scams where people advertise property they don't even own on like craigslist
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Jun 27, 2020 03:33
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Zenithe posted:That is implying that it is normal to charge for rental application. For real? We were looking at an apartment to move into when our lease was up, according to the posting it had all the same amenities and was by the same rental company we go through now buy was $150 less. We paid the $50 to apply and they called me only to say "so you know this doesn't have washer/dryer hook ups or any of the utilities included right?" and i called them out as being against the posting and "oh apartments.com just posts whatever and we have no control there" I did not get my $50 back.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:06
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19 o'clock posted:I just paid $200 to apply for an apartment in Denver. And I thought the US had finally run out of ways to horrify and disgust me. You're a few short years away from people having to pay to send in job applications.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:18
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Megillah Gorilla posted:You're a few short years away from people having to pay to send in job applications.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:28
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Hardon Crime posted:It also creates a market for rental application scams where people advertise property they don't even own on like craigslist Got catfished by one of these Sensed something amiss and called the realtor and whelp, repeat scammer
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Jun 27, 2020 04:30
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Ruffian Price posted:uhh paid internships where the intern is paying are a thing 
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Jun 27, 2020 04:35
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Megillah Gorilla posted:You're I’m a musician :-(
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Jun 27, 2020 04:46
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Ruffian Price posted:uhh paid internships where the intern is paying are a thing otherwise known as college.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:51
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there's also stuff like resume writing, job coaches or paid job finding things that all cost money and give an unfair advantage to whoever uses them (thus making their use the new minimum)
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Jun 27, 2020 04:53
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disney got 10k applications for 4 superfan/intern positions that are not paid
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Jun 27, 2020 04:54
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Zenithe posted:Australia, the only place I have rented. Sounds like heaven (except for the part where landlords still exist). Here in the good ol' US of A, on the other hand, we believe in a thing called "personal responsibility", which means that if you weren't responsible enough to personally be born into a rich family, you'd better get used to paying out the rear end for everything.
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Jun 27, 2020 05:12
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Kreeblah posted:Is there a place where it's not? NZ banned letting fees at the end of 2018. We rented our place less than a week before the law went into effect so we asked if the property manager would waive the fee. They replied with a lecture in email form about how actually the fee is never "waived" and how unfair it was for the government to force landlords to pay the costs associated with renting out their properties themselves
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Jun 27, 2020 07:10
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Kreeblah posted:Is there a place where it's not? Never heard of rental application fees here in the EU
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Jun 27, 2020 08:56
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Dreylad posted:disney got 10k applications for 4 superfan/intern positions that are not paid These include the people who live in bumfuck OK or the wilds of Nebraska who will do anything to work for/be around Disney because they fully expect to audition for a character role and get it since they were the star theater kid of their high school. I knew a girl who packed up everything she had at 18, moved down to Orlando and lived out of her car to work as a minimum wage cast member and applying for every single princess character role that came up for several years before moving back to her hometown with nothing to show for it. My point is that even in this hellworld Disney is not the metric by which to measure job market expectations. It's a separate brand of bugfuck crazy like someone still constantly proudly referring to themselves as a former cast member 15-20 years later since they worked as a park janitor for 6 months in their late teens
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Jun 27, 2020 12:46
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Megillah Gorilla posted:And I thought the US had finally run out of ways to horrify and disgust me. Wait till your hear about things like the NYC hellworld in which there are things like broker fees (1 -2 months of full rent) just to do basic things like a lease a new apartment.
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Jun 27, 2020 13:24
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Hello capitalism.png thread enjoy this capitalism.png
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pentyne posted:These include the people who live in bumfuck OK or the wilds of Nebraska who will do anything to work for/be around Disney because they fully expect to audition for a character role and get it since they were the star theater kid of their high school. I knew a girl who packed up everything she had at 18, moved down to Orlando and lived out of her car to work as a minimum wage cast member and applying for every single princess character role that came up for several years before moving back to her hometown with nothing to show for it. i knew a guy who worked for the mouse, which is how he referred to being an employee of Disney world (i think, the florida one). he worked there because he got an in from a guildy (i ended up on a wow guild with a core of people from florida). he described the experience largely in terms of being subjected to unconsenting anal sex by mickey. metaphorically. so i guess being employed by disney is a land of contrasts
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Jun 29, 2020 07:11
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Peanut Butler posted:this, along with it being a common work from home gig for purposes of health accommodations, is why im currently workin on turning my 30-year programming hobby into a money career What sort of stuff are you doing to try and move from hobbiest to professional? Thinking of doing this myself.
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Jun 29, 2020 08:01
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landlord wants us to sign a covid-19 waiver stating he's not liable if we get sick while he shows the house we've lived in for 13 years in the middle of a pandemic and scramble to find another place to rent in the same school district there isnt a slow, rusty enough guillotine. we're not signing poo poo
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Jun 29, 2020 16:52
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boar guy posted:landlord wants us to sign a covid-19 waiver stating he's not liable if we get sick while he shows the house we've lived in for 13 years in the middle of a pandemic and scramble to find another place to rent in the same school district Nothing says you can't poo poo in the middle of every room when they're there to show the place off. Or fill a room with bees
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Jun 29, 2020 17:17
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Len posted:Nothing says you can't poo poo in the middle of every room when they're there to show the place off. or poo poo bees
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Jun 29, 2020 18:22
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boar guy posted:landlord wants us to sign a covid-19 waiver stating he's not liable if we get sick while he shows the house we've lived in for 13 years in the middle of a pandemic and scramble to find another place to rent in the same school district lol what if anything of value is he offering in return for waiving your rights?
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https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1277646951429832709 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1277639615550275587 EDIT: lol, CNBC edited the article already, but they can't edit the tweet with the original headline. Doggles has issued a correction as of 18:43 on Jun 29, 2020 |
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Jun 29, 2020 18:37
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Not a Children posted:lol what if anything of value is he offering in return for waiving your rights? 'not loving with our security deposit', the only leverage he has in this situation fortunately, several lawyers seem to think they can't show the house without the waiver which were are in no way signing
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Jun 29, 2020 18:47
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Hah! After 13 years that deposit has basically disappeared into the ether anyway. gently caress 'im and leverage your rights under the law to their fullest extent.
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Not a Children posted:Hah! After 13 years that deposit has basically disappeared into the ether anyway. gently caress 'im and leverage your rights under the law to their fullest extent. we sent him a very clear letter asking what we had to do to get our deposit back in full and he said 'don't trash the place, patch nail holes and take all your stuff with you when you go' he didn't spend any money on maintenance in 13 years. literally none. he doesn't have a leg to stand on to claim any of the security deposit and by law, was supposed to have put it in an interest-bearing savings account 
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