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05-03-2018, 07:11 AM | #1 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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apartment hunting
looking at my first place today. anyone else doing this right now? it fucking sucks
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05-03-2018, 07:31 AM | #2 |
Socialphobic
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It does suck. I got lucky and had a connection (knew a property manager from work). I have no advice other than don't settle out of desperation and also visit the apartment twice, at different times of the day.
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05-03-2018, 08:54 AM | #3 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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be vewwy vewwy quiet; i'm hunting apawtments. heheheheheh
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05-03-2018, 09:12 AM | #4 |
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05-03-2018, 05:34 PM | #5 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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the problem is no one will deal with me because my income is not 3x the rent. even though i have never missed a rent payment in my life, have good credit, and my mom with 800+ credit is willing to cosign. the other problem is i can only afford the very bottom end of what's available. i put in my $1100 limit (which is stretching it) and that i have a cat and 98% of places disappear as options. then most of the rest have the 3x income problem.
the place is saw today is willing to work with me, don't even need a cosigner, no income minimum (i directly asked and told the manager my situation), just good credit/no background issues/good references and first/security. $1000/mo. I might be able to do better but not much, and it's literally 5 minutes from my current place. Which means I can prob pay some guy $100 to move my stuff and I don't have to worry about transferring to another location at my job or having a commute. it's not the nicest apartment i've ever seen but it's in a good area and clean and takes pets. it is kinda taking the easy way out but i'm so stressed about it. WHY the fuck do places not want to talk to you until the month before you move even though it takes 1-2 weeks to get approved. it's bullshit, i wanted to do this last month instead of feeling like i need to decide lest i don't get approved and am fucked $100 application fee. i got a money order. they want vet records so i'm getting my cat's shots up to date tomorrow. then i'll send everything in. hopefully that's that. i talked to 4 other places and they won't even consider me cuz of income. only one other prospect, it's cheap $750/mo but it's in a terrible area |
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05-03-2018, 05:39 PM | #6 |
Socialphobic
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Wow. Makes me glad my landlord is a compassionate slacker.
At least it's in a good area. I love my apartment but I live close to a busy road where some.sketchy shit happens at night. |
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05-03-2018, 05:40 PM | #7 |
Socialphobic
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Didn't even know vet records was something a landlord would ask for.
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05-03-2018, 05:40 PM | #8 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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it's not a super great area and i wouldn't doubt there's some minor drug dealing in the area but no murders and shit. where i live now is like 8/10 safe and there is probably 6-7/10. some places even in the same town are like 3/10. actually about a mile in the other direction from the new place is really fucking shady, one time i was driving down the road and there was a dude wearing a shirt that said "CRACK ROCKS" no joke
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05-03-2018, 05:41 PM | #9 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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05-03-2018, 05:46 PM | #10 |
Socialphobic
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Makes sense, really. I've just never been asked.
I don't have the most attentive or discerning landlord I suppose. |
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05-03-2018, 08:10 PM | #11 |
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05-03-2018, 08:16 PM | #12 | |
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really had no idea signing for an apartment in the US is so needlessly complicated. but as long as the apartment answers for your crucial needs, the rest isn't all that important. you can always spiffy up the apartment and make it your own. |
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05-03-2018, 08:38 PM | #13 |
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it especially sucks where you live where everything is stupid expensive
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05-03-2018, 08:46 PM | #14 |
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I have money and am white and am having a problem finding a place to rent, especially one that allows a dog. I have seen requirements here being 4x or 5x rent income proof. it is depressing when there is already a housing shortage and landlords immediately get greedy. sometimes it's easier to buy than rent.
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05-03-2018, 09:41 PM | #16 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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i just filled out most of the application, it does ask for income from my job, but there's no place to put other income. so i put my total income there (i still get $$ from disability for a few more months). they aren't asking for paystubs or anything so i don't think it should be a problem. i did sign a release for them to be able to get my bank account balances. fucking intrusive but whatever i guess. at least they'll see i have enough to pay several month's rent...
when i go to drop off the application tomorrow i'll tell them what i did w/r/t the income. i already told the property manager my deal with looking for a job and asked him straight up if they required 3x income and that i only had 2x right now and he said no problem. but the office might say something else, hopefully not. |
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05-03-2018, 10:11 PM | #17 |
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That sounds like a headache. I had no idea apartment managers were so stringent about such a specific income requirement.
Hope you find a nice new place! |
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05-03-2018, 10:49 PM | #18 |
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ITS CALLED CAPITALISM FUZZY ITS CALLED RETURN ON INVESTMENT ITS CALLED MARGINS. FUCKING GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
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05-03-2018, 10:56 PM | #19 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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it sounds like you've been lucky, like me, finding a chill place being rented by a private owner. unfortunately my luck ran out
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05-03-2018, 11:01 PM | #20 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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it will be nice having a real kitchen. no one over 25 should have a dorm fridge
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05-03-2018, 11:27 PM | #21 |
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05-03-2018, 11:56 PM | #22 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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yeah, they are remodeling their house. i think their son is having a baby so they are reclaiming the studio as a regular room for him + his wife + baby but i'm not 100% sure, not really my business. they are already doing some work though, they just redid a bathroom, had a tub on the curb this morning. right now this studio has its own entrance and everything, they could just knock out a wall and take out the cabinets and have a pretty big master-size bedroom with its own bathroom and exit to outside. if they moved the fence down a dozen feet the entrance could go right into the backyard/pool area
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05-04-2018, 12:59 AM | #23 |
Immortal
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this is exactly how Hitler groomed his first wife, Stella
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05-04-2018, 02:56 AM | #24 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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yeah i hate it too repri i went apartment hunting last weekend the weather was shit and we shot one terraced house and three garden sheds instead very disappointing
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05-04-2018, 01:51 PM | #25 |
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05-04-2018, 01:55 PM | #26 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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about to drop off all my paperwork
the vet saw my cat and said "oh is this an old lady?" she's only 7. he said she looks old. i feel like a bad parent now |
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05-04-2018, 04:53 PM | #27 |
Socialphobic
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Your vet should feel bad for assuming.
#ageism |
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05-04-2018, 07:04 PM | #28 | |
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05-04-2018, 07:16 PM | #29 |
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do what i did: daydream about buying a trailer and then settle for a shoebox in a great location
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05-04-2018, 08:00 PM | #30 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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i dropped off the paperwork a bit ago.
i really could do better but i'm not going to worry about it. in a year i can move, whether it be for grad school or because i'm settled with a job. i remember when you were thinking of that trailer. why'd you decide against it? |
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